Petroleum Engineering.pdf

Doctoral Program Review

Self-Study Report

February 2006

Department of Petroleum Engineering507 Richardson BuildingTexas A&M University

College Station, TX 77843-3116

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Table of Contents

Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 1Texas A&M University............................................................................................................... 1

Enrollment............................................................................................................................... 1Reinvestment........................................................................................................................... 2

The Dwight Look College of Engineering.................................................................................. 3Enrollment............................................................................................................................... 3

Charge to the Peer Review Team................................................................................................ 4Doctoral Review Itinerary........................................................................................................... 5Administrative Structure............................................................................................................. 7

Brief History of the Petroleum Engineering Program .................................................................... 8Founding of the Department ....................................................................................................... 8Founding of Development Related Centers.............................................................................. 11

The Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research..................................................................... 11The Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research..................................................................... 11Vision.................................................................................................................................... 11Mission.................................................................................................................................. 11Objectives ............................................................................................................................. 12Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI)........................................................................ 12Research Consortia ............................................................................................................... 13Other Projects........................................................................................................................ 13

Review and Changes in Past Five Years................................................................................... 14Faculty................................................................................................................................... 14Students................................................................................................................................. 14

Vision and Goals........................................................................................................................... 16Vision........................................................................................................................................ 16Mission...................................................................................................................................... 16Strategic Plan ............................................................................................................................ 17

Department Goals ................................................................................................................. 18Strategy and Benchmarks ......................................................................................................... 20

Faculty Committees .............................................................................................................. 20Connections to the University’s Strategic Plan........................................................................ 23Policies and Practices for Recognizing Good Teaching ........................................................... 24Petroleum Engineering Faculty/Research Staff Awards........................................................... 25

Quality Enhancement Plan............................................................................................................ 28Statistical Summaries................................................................................................................ 30

Student Profile ...................................................................................................................... 30Master’s............................................................................................................................. 30Doctoral............................................................................................................................. 30Non Degree Students ........................................................................................................ 30Number of Admissions ..................................................................................................... 31Student Financial Support................................................................................................. 31

Faculty Profile....................................................................................................................... 31Teaching Load .................................................................................................................. 32Faculty Bios (Appendix A)............................................................................................... 32

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Graduate Program ......................................................................................................................... 33Graduate Degrees...................................................................................................................... 34

Master of Science.................................................................................................................. 34Master of Engineering–On Campus.................................................................................... 35Master of Engineering–Distance Learning ......................................................................... 35For entering MS students with a BS in Petroleum Engineering ........................................... 36For entering MS students without a BS in Petroleum Engineering ...................................... 36Additional Master’s programs.............................................................................................. 37Doctor of Philosophy ............................................................................................................ 37

Financial Assistance.................................................................................................................. 38Graduate Courses ...................................................................................................................... 39Graduate Syllabi........................................................................................................................ 39Research Facilities .................................................................................................................... 39

Acid Stimulation Laboratory ................................................................................................ 39Engineering Imaging Laboratory.......................................................................................... 39Fluid Separation and Treating Laboratory............................................................................ 39Fracture Conductivity Laboratory......................................................................................... 39Gas Hydrates Laboratory ...................................................................................................... 39High Pressure/High Temperature Fluid Property Measurement Laboratory........................ 39Integrated Reservoir Investigations Laboratory.................................................................... 40Mobil Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory for Core Analysis ............................................ 40Naturally Fractured/Integrated Reservoir Studies Laboratory.............................................. 40Oilfield Brine Processing Laboratory ................................................................................... 40Ramey Thermal Recovery Laboratory.................................................................................. 40Riverside Field-Scale Production Test Facility .................................................................... 40Texaco Drilling Fluids Laboratory/Fluid Rheology Lab ...................................................... 40Tommie E. Lohman Fluid Measurement Laboratory ........................................................... 40

Graduate Data ........................................................................................................................... 41Current Faculty ......................................................................................................................... 41

Drilling Engineering ............................................................................................................. 41Production Engineering ........................................................................................................ 41Reservoir Engineering .......................................................................................................... 41Economics and Evaluation.................................................................................................... 41General Courses and Technical Writing ............................................................................... 42

Qatar Campus............................................................................................................................ 42Budget Information....................................................................................................................... 43

Financial Resources .................................................................................................................. 43Endowed Chairs/Professorships................................................................................................ 44Crisman Institute....................................................................................................................... 45

Department of Energy Projects............................................................................................. 45Budgeting.............................................................................................................................. 46Facilities and Equipment....................................................................................................... 46Support Staff ......................................................................................................................... 46

Administrative................................................................................................................... 46Financial............................................................................................................................ 47Graduate Administration................................................................................................... 47

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Undergraduate Administration.......................................................................................... 47Distance Learning ............................................................................................................. 47

Management and Leadership ................................................................................................ 47Equipment–Computer Facilities ............................................................................................. 48

University Computer Facilities ............................................................................................. 48Supercomputing Facility................................................................................................... 48Open Access Labs............................................................................................................. 48Networking ....................................................................................................................... 48

Department Computer Facilities ........................................................................................... 49Sources of Funds for Computing Infrastructure ............................................................... 49

Appendix A–Faculty Curriculum Vitae...................................................................................... 50Appendix B–Graduate Courses Offered ..................................................................................... 77Appendix C–Graduate Syllabi .................................................................................................... 83Appendix D–Graduate Data...................................................................................................... 165

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Introduction

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University, which attracted a mere six students when it opened in 1876, is nowamong the largest institutions of higher learning in the nation—with a student body of about43,000. It consistently ranks among the top five universities in attracting high-achieving NationalMerit Scholars. Its students include men and women of all races, religions, and backgroundsfrom all 50 states and more than 100 other countries.

Texas A&M is one of the nation’s best-endowed universities, a factor that helps it attract andretain top faculty members and provide state-of-the-art facilities in areas that coincide with itsgoals and strengths. The university’s endowment places it among the top 10 nationally.

Teaching and research go hand in hand at Texas A&M as it carries out its commitments as aland-,sea-, and space-grant institution—one of a select few universities to hold all three federalmandates. Its investment in research places it high in rankings by the National ScienceFoundation. The university’s research endeavors are complemented by a strong and growing graduate education program. The Look College of Engineering also ranks high in the nation inresearch expenditures.

Each year, Texas A&M's 2,500 faculty conduct approximately $500 million worth of sponsoredresearch projects, assisted by more than 5,000 paid graduate students. Additionally,approximately 3,000 undergraduates each year conduct independent research with facultysupervision. Research at Texas A&M is about faculty and students driven by the spirit ofdiscovery and committed to pushing back the boundaries of knowledge. At the same time, themajority of the work is dedicated to solving real-world problems and improving the lives of thepublic we serve.

EnrollmentTable 1 shows the enrollment numbers for the University.

Table 1–Enrollment by CollegeCollege Students (2005) Faculty (2004) PhD (2005)

Agriculture 6163 393 452Architecture 1762 162 103Business Admin 4886 174 64Education 5339 289 690Engineering 8836 569 902G. Bush School of Govt 200 25 --Geosciences 751 194 119Liberal Arts 6934 666 403Science 2870 624 392Veterinary Medicine 2607 106 57General Studies/Special Populations 4230 -- 147TOTAL 44578 3202 1118

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ReinvestmentTable 2 shows faculty reinvestment numbers for the university.

Table 2–Faculty Reinvestment by CollegeCollege Faculty

Agriculture 46Architecture 18Business Admin 34Education 32Engineering 112G. Bush School of Govt 8Geosciences 23Liberal Arts 64Science 70Veterinary Medicine 37Libraries 3TOTAL 447

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The Dwight Look College of Engineering

The Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University is the largest engineeringcollege in the nation, with more than 9,700 students and twelve departments –AerospaceEngineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, ChemicalEngineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering,Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Industrial and Systems Engineering,Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Petroleum Engineering.

U.S. News & World Report ranks the Texas A&M Engineering graduate program tied for 14thamong 185 U.S. universities and the undergraduate program 17th among 181 U.S. universities.Texas A&M Engineering was ranked first in the nation in the latest Hispanic Outlook survey ofAmerica's schools.

The Engineering faculty includes seven university Distinguished Professors. Among the seniorfaculty are holders of 32 endowed chairs and 50 endowed professorships. Eighteen are membersof the National Academy of Engineering.

EnrollmentTable 3 shows enrollment numbers for the college.

Table 3–Enrollment by DepartmentDepartment Students Faculty PhD

Aerospace 682 34 38Biological and Agricultural 365 20 18Biomedical 424 15 30Chemical 604 32 67Civil 1408 67 133Computer Science 919 47 167Electrical and Computer 1245 63 181Engineering Tech. & Distr. 881 41 --Industrial & Systems 430 25 65Mechanical 1440 60 132Nuclear 276 16 34Petroleum 508 24 37TOTAL 9182 444 902

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Charge to the Peer Review Team

I write to provide you with background on the Department of Petroleum Engineering at TexasA&M University and to explain the expectations for the external review.

In 1928-29 the Board of Directors approved plans to establish a course in petroleum productionengineering at Texas A&M University, the first in the State. Petroleum Engineering courses wereoffered for the first time in 1929. In 1949, Dr. Harvey T. Kennedy spearheaded the developmentof a graduate program in petroleum engineering. The first M.S. degree was conferred in 1941and the first Ph.D. was conferred in 1953.

Although this review is part of a periodic review of all Texas A&M University doctoralprograms, this type of review offers an excellent opportunity to identify ways to maintain thecurrent high standards of the programs and to learn from review team members’ experiences with similar programs.

I request that the review team examine the doctoral program within the Department of PetroleumEngineering using the materials that will be provided, along with any additional information youmight request. While evaluating the existing program, please consider the allocation ofresources, (i.e., human and fiscal) within the department, the absolute level of support theDepartment receives from the University, and comment as appropriate on current and potential“leveraging” of these resources. Enclosed in our “guidelines” is a suggested doctoral review report format. This format has proven successful in previous interdisciplinary program reviews,and I include it only for your edification.

I look forward to meeting with you and the entire committee in March. If you have anyquestions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Stephen A. HolditchDepartment Head

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Doctoral Review ItineraryHarold Vance Department of Petroleum EngineeringTexas A&M UniversityMarch 26-29, 2006

Hotel Reservations: The Reveille Inn, 4400 Old College Road, Bryan, TX 77801,(979) 846-0858

Sunday, March 26 (Arrival)4:30 pm Dean Oliver arrives on Continental Flight #2385

Steve Holditch will escort to The Reveille Inn from Easterwood Airport

4:34 pm Roland Horne arrives in Houston on United Flight #378. Roland Horne will drivefrom Houston in rental car to The Reveille Inn

6:00 pm Larry Lake will drive from Austin to The Reveille Inn

7:00 pm Dinner for the review team with Steve Holditch, Akhil Datta-Gupta, Dan Hill, andJohn Lee at Cenare’s (reservation under Petroleum Engineering)

Steve Holditch will escort from The Reveille Inn

Monday, March 27 (Day 1)7:30-8:30 am Entry meeting with Bill Perry, Vice Provost, Rick Giardino, Dean of Graduate

Studies, and Jim Calvin, Executive Associate Vice President for Research at TheReveille Inn. Continental breakfast served. Dr. Perry provides charge andinstitutional perspective to reviewers.

Rick Giardino will escort to 507 Richardson Building. Dan Hill will escort reviewers toWisenbaker.

9:00-10:30 am Meet with John Niedzwecki, Executive Associate Dean, Engineering, 301 WERCSteve Holditch will escort to Richardson Building (RICH)

10:45-11:45 am Meet with Steve Holditch, Department Head, 507 RICH

12:00-1:45 pm Lunch and meet with Ph.D. students, 309 RICH

2:00-3:30 pm Research Presentations, 309 RICH2:00-2:15 Acid Stimulation Laboratory - Dan Hill/Ding Zhu2:15-2:30 Gas Hydrates Laboratory - Yuri Makogon2:30-2:45 Ramey Thermal Recovery Laboratory - Daulat Mamora2:45-3:00 Tommie E. Lohman Fluid Measurement Laboratory - Stuart Scott3:00-3:15 HP/HT Fluid Property Measurement Laboratory - Bill McCain

3:30-5:00 pm Tour departmental research laboratories2:00-2:30 Acid Stimulation Laboratory, 808 RICH2:30-3:00 Gas Hydrates Laboratory, 721 RICH3:00-3:30 Ramey Thermal Recovery Laboratory, 508 RICH3:30-4:00 HP/HT Fluid Property Measurement Laboratory, 509 RICH4:00-4:30 Tommie E. Lohman Fluid Measurement Laboratory, 201 RICH

5:30-7:30 pm Dinner at Bell Ranch Steakhouse with Steve Holditch, Dan Hill, Duane McVay,Jerry Jensen, and David Schechter

Steve Holditch will escort to Hilton and then to The Reveille Inn

8:00-10:00 pm Work session for review team

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Tuesday, March 28 (Day 2)7:30-8:30 am Continental Breakfast furnished by The Reveille Inn

Steve Holditch will escort to campus

9:00-10:00 am Meet with departmental graduate committee, 309 RICH(Datta-Gupta, Hill, Lee, McCain, Scott)

10:00-11:00 am Meet with Ph.D. students, 309 RICH

11:00-12:30 pm Lunch with Tom Blasingame, Christine Ehlig-Economides, Hans Juvkam-Wold,Stuart Scott, Jerome Schubert, and Peter Valko at Café Eccel

12:45-1:45 pm Meet with Ph.D. students, 309 RICH

2:00-4:00 pm Open time for review team to work on final report, 309 RICH

4:00-5:00 pm Graduate Seminar, 106 RICH (optional)

5:30-6:30 pm Catered Dinner to reviewers’ workroom at The Reveille InnSteve Holditch will escort to The Reveille Inn

6:30-9:30 pm Reviewers’ work session, preparation of draft report for exit meeting, faculty debriefing

Wednesday, March 29 (Day 3)7:30-9:00 am Exit meeting with Bill Perry, Vice Provost, Rick Giardino, Dean of Graduate

Studies, Jim Calvin, Executive Associate Vice President for Research, and JohnNiedzwecki, Executive Associate Dean of Engineering at The Reveille Inn.Continental breakfast served. Reviewers present summary of their on-site review.

Rick Giardino will escort to 507 Richardson Building.

9:30-10:30 am Reviewers debrief Steve Holditch, 309 RICH

10:30-11:30 am Reviewers make final changes to draft report, as necessary, 309 RICH

11:30-12:15 pm Reviewers brief faculty, staff and students on final report, 309 RICH

12:15-1:00 pm Lunch with Steve Holditch, catered to 309 RICH

1:00 pm Dean Oliver is escorted to Easterwood Airport for departure by Steve Holditch

1:00 pm Larry Lake departs

1:00 pm Roland Horne departs

2:05 pm Dean Oliver departs on Continental Flight #9544

Petroleum Engineering Faculty Contacts:Steve Holditch Dan Hill John [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]: 979-845-2255 Office: 979-845-2278 Office: 979-845-2208Home: 979-764-8120 Home: 979-485-8924 Home: 979-693-0845Cell: 979-255-2486 Cell: 512-789-2168 Cell: 979-574-6284

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Administrative Structure

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Brief History of the Petroleum Engineering Program

Founding of the Department

In 1928-29 the Board of Directors approved plans to establish a course in petroleum productionengineering at A&M, the first in the State. Petroleum Engineering courses were offered for thefirst time in 1929. The Department of Petroleum Engineering awarded its first bachelor’s degree in 1931. In 1949, Dr. Harvey T. Kennedy spearheaded the development of the graduate programin petroleum engineering. The first M.S. degree was conferred in 1941 and the first Ph.D. wasconferred in 1953.

Professor J. Berry Joyce was selected to head the new Department. Joyce had received a B.S. inelectrical engineering from Texas A&M in 1917 and had done additional work at Cornell. Hehad about 10 year’sindustrial experience with the Waggoner Oil Company in various phases ofthe petroleum industry. Since much of his experience has been in exploration and drilling, thecurriculum was largely mechanical engineering slanted toward drilling. Professor R. L. Millswas employed in 1930 and when Joyce resigned in 1933 he served as Acting Department Headduring 1933-34.

Because of the increasing rate of petroleum discovery in the State, the curriculum attractedincreasing numbers of students, necessitating modern physical plant facilities and facultyexpansion. The Petroleum Engineering and Engineering Experiment Station and GeologyBuilding was completed in 1933. In 1934 Professor Harold Vance was selected to head thePetroleum Engineering Department. Vance held the B. S. in petroleum engineering from theUniversity of California. He had broad geological and petroleum engineering experience inservice with the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the Marland Oil Co. (later Continental Oil Co.) and as aconsulting engineer and independent oil producer. Professor Albert B. Stevens also joined theDepartment in 1934. Stevens held a B.S. in petroleum engineering from the University ofCalifornia and an M.S. in petroleum engineering from the University of Southern California. Mr.Stevens also had petroleum experience with the Gypsy Oil Company (Gulf Oil Corp.) and theStandard Oil Co. of California. These two men developed the curriculum to include not onlydrilling engineering but also oil and gas production and natural-gas engineering. They plannedand constructed laboratory facilities to support this program. The four-year curriculum wasaccredited by the Engineers Council for Professional Development in 1936 when accreditationwas initiated. Five-year curricula were developed and were approved by ECPD. The enrollmentcontinued to increase and reached a maximum of 814 prior to World War II. Because of the largeundergraduate enrollment and the rapid technological development within the petroleum industryin this period there was little time for development of a graduate program.

The influx of veterans after World War II, the rapid acceleration of exploration for petroleumand the need for research prompted the Board of Directors to several actions. First, the TexasPetroleum Research Committee (TPRC) was formed in 1947 as a consortium between theRailroad Commission of Texas, the University of Texas and Texas A&M. The purpose of TPRCwas to conduct research directed to increasing the recovery of oil and gas from Texas fields.Research divisions were established at the University of Texas and Texas A&M and were funded

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by the respective universities. In 1951 the Railroad Commission of Texas requested $100,000per year for such research and the monies were appropriated by the State Legislature.Concurrent with this action the Board of Directors established its first DistinguishedProfessorship in 1949. The recipient was Dr. Harvey T. Kennedy, scientist and researcher. Dr.Kennedy had 10 years experience with the Bureau of Standards followed by 20 years with theGulf Research & Development Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr. Kennedy promptly set aboutdeveloping a graduate program in petroleum engineering which has evolved into one of the mostproductive programs in the country.

The Department continued to enjoy good undergraduate enrollment and expanding graduateenrollment and research. In 1953 Vance resigned as Department Head and Albert B. Stevensassumed the position.

In 1953 Stevens resigned and Whiting was appointed Head of the Department. Whiting hadearned B. S. and M.S. degrees in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas. He joinedthe faculty in 1946 after industrial experience with the Railroad Commission of Texas andStanolind Oil and Gas Company (later AMOCO Production Co.) and after a year as associateprofessor of petroleum engineering at the Missouri School of Mines.

In 1954 the Department initiated an Advanced Level Continuing Education Program inpetroleum engineering. This was expanded to encompass two-week courses in petroleumreservoir engineering, advanced petroleum reservoir engineering, advanced drilling engineering,recovery methods, well-completion and testing and well-log interpretation. Over 600 petroleumindustry personnel from virtually all the countries in the world have attended these courses.

Petroleum engineering curricula of the Department were broadened to include all aspects ofpetroleum reservoir engineering encompassing both primary and enhanced recovery. The depthof coverage of drilling, production and natural gas engineering was increased.

With growth of the Department and its expanding research activities the Board of Directors in1957 approved construction of a new petroleum engineering building, the W.T. DohertyPetroleum Building. The building was finished in time for the opening of the 1960-61 academicyear. Because of continued growth, the Joe C. Richardson Jr. Petroleum Engineering Buildingwas built and completed in 1990. The 10-story building contains spacious study rooms withcomputer facilities, classrooms, and laboratories.

Professor R. L. Whiting resigned as Head of the Department on February 29, 1976 and Dr. W. D.Von Gonten succeeded him on March 1, 1976. Von Gonten died in 1991 and Kenneth R. Hallwas appointed Temporary Head until James E. Russell was named as Interim Head. Russellserved as Interim Head from 1991-1992 and was appointed Head in 1992. Russell served asHead until 1996. Hans Juvkam-Wold served as Interim Head from 1996-1997. Charles H.Bowman was named the new Head in 1997 and served until 2001. In 2001, Ronald J. Robinsonwas appointed Head and served until 2002. Hans Juvkam-Wold again served as Interim Headuntil 2004 Stephen A. Holditch was named as Head.

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Quality distinguishes our graduate program. We strive to improve the quality of students,research and instruction. High admission standards and thorough screening of applicants foradvanced degrees help assure top-flight students. Our faculty members have substantialindustrial experience and a record of high research productivity as measured by publications andgrants. These attributes have prepared many of our graduates for the teaching profession andpositions in industry. Texas A&M graduates almost 20% of the nation’s new petroleum engineers each year, and approximately 95% of those accept jobs in the petroleum industry.

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Founding of Development Related Centers

The Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering conducts research under the CrismanInstitute for Petroleum Research, the Global Petroleum Research Institute, several researchconsortia, and individual arrangements with faculty members.

The Crisman Institute for Petroleum ResearchThe Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research identifies and solves significant research problemsof major interest to industry and government. The Institute conducts it efforts in four researchCenters: the Halliburton Center for Unconventional Resources, the Chevron Center for WellConstruction and Production, the Schlumberger Center for Reservoir Description and Dynamics,and the Center for Energy, Environment and Transportation Innovation. Industry andgovernmental representatives can help identify problems of major significance and supportprojects of particular interest to them through membership at the Institute, Center, or Projectlevel. Additionally, membership provides seed money for identification and initiation of researchinto additional problems facing the industry.

The oil and gas industry in the United States and the faculty at Texas A&M University have beendeveloping technology for the improved extraction of oil and gas for over 30 years. Through theimplementation of the Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research, we plan to leverage ourexperience at a time when the energy from oil and gas resources becomes of utmost importanceto Texas, to the United States and to the world.

Our faculty have decades of experience in technology development for petroleum resources. TheCrisman Institute combines the talents of the faculty into four research Centers that can continuethe technology development required by industry.

The focus of each center will be to develop technology and processes to reduce the finding anddevelopment costs in petroleum reservoirs. These costs can be reduced by developingtechnologies that either reduce the costs involved in the application of existing technologies orthat increase the reserves per completion as a result of better technology. We expect to addressboth the costs and the ultimate recovery per completion during the research efforts of thisInstitute.

VisionThe vision of the Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research is to provide a vehicle to enhancedevelopment of petroleum engineering technology through cutting-edge, industry-directedresearch conducted in four dedicated research Centers in the Harold Vance Department ofPetroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University

MissionThe mission of the Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research is to produce significant advancesin upstream petroleum engineering technology through the combined efforts of faculty, post-doctoral researchers, highly qualified graduate students, in close cooperation with industry.

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The mission of the Halliburton Center for Unconventional Resources is to increase our abilityto characterize reserves of unconventional resources and to develop new, more efficient ways toreduce costs and improve recovery of these resources.

The mission of the Chevron Center for Well Construction and Production is to develop newtools, both theoretical and physical, to construct and complete wells in today’s increasingly challenging environments in a way that will reduce the finding and development costs.

The mission of the Schlumberger Center for Reservoir Description and Dynamics is todevelop better approaches to describe and model petroleum reservoirs and to manage theresources identified there to reduce costs and improve recovery.

The mission of the Center for Energy, Environment, and Transportation Innovation is toensure open collaboration in the development of a 21st century transportation system thatimproves energy security, safety, emissions, personal mobility, and productivity.

ObjectivesThe Crisman Institute and its four Centers have seven primary objectives:

Work with industry and government representatives to identify the most importantproblems now facing the upstream petroleum industry and those that arise in the future.

Focus our efforts tightly on solutions to as many of the identified problems as possiblewithin the framework of available resources.

Develop solutions that will be immediately useful in the industry.Maintain a clearinghouse of research efforts, tracking not only research in progress but also

results of completed projects and perspectives on research possibilities for the future.Continuously upgrade the problem-solving capabilities of the Institute through ongoing

faculty development strategies and pursuit of outstanding post-doctoral and graduatestudents.

Ensure financial stability to continue to provide long-term solutions to technology-development problems.

Publicize the activities of the Institute and the contributions of the membership who makethose activities possible.

Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI)The Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI) is the managing partner of a Cooperative effortto conduct critical research in the development of petroleum technology. Research findings willlead to the application of new and innovative technologies in petroleum exploration andproduction to address the increasing demand for cost-effective production and enhancedrecovery.

As leading producers of petroleum engineers and petroleum technology, The Texas A&MUniversity System, through GPRI, is uniquely positioned to have a direct impact on the qualityof education and research in an area of vital economic importance to the world.

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Research ConsortiaSeveral of our faculty direct joint industry projects that research topics of interest to the professorand to industry supporters. These consortia set their own guidelines for membership, meetings,and deliverables. Existing consortia are studying applications of streamline simulation, enhancedrecovery of heavy oil, and improved recovery from naturally fractured reservoirs.

Other ProjectsSeveral faculty members develop and maintain individual research programs that may involvecollaboration among several departments, universities, or agencies. In some cases, facultysupervise unfunded projects by graduate students who are interested in a specific problem notcurrently being addressed by industry sponsors.

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Review and Changes in Past Five Years

FacultyThe President of Texas A&M University, Dr. Robert M. Gates, has initiated a tuitionreinvestment program to hire more that 447 new faculty at Texas A&M University. The Collegeof Engineering has 112 new positions and the Department of Petroleum Engineering has 5 newpositions. These positions will be filled during the five years covered by this Five-Year Plan.

Simultaneously, as we prepare for the needs to fill positions in Qatar as students begin thepetroleum engineering courses there, fill positions vacated by faculty retirements, andaccommodate a growing number of students, including the research effort necessary to supportgraduate students, we project a need to grow the faculty by more than 20 members over the nextfive years.

In 2004, we hired 3 new faculty members: Dan Hill, Christine Ehlig-Economides and Ding Zhu.Two of the three were hired under the tuition reinvestment plan. The third was hired as areplacement for Jim Russell who had planned to retire in FY2005, but retired instead duringFY2006.

In the next 3 to 4 years, we will be hiring 3 additional assistant or associate professors under thetuition reinvestment plan. We also expect that 4 to 6 of our current faculty will retire.

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) is a research endeavor funded in part by theNational Science Foundation and managed by Texas A&M University. To win the project,Texas A&M University committed to funding several faculty positions to tie the IODP moreclosely with the academic activities in the university. One commitment was to fund a facultyposition in the Department of Petroleum Engineering. This faculty person will teach and doresearch that is compatible with the mission of IODP. To get the IODP faculty position, theCollege of Engineering must fund a matching faculty position. The Dean has committed fundsfor this matching position. Therefore, the department will hire an additional faculty memberwho can teach and do research that will be compatible with the mission of IODP.

Thus, we expect to hire from 6 to 8 professors in the next 2 to 4 years for the College Stationcampus, including the 3 from the President’s reinvestment program, 2 for the IODP positions,and 1 to 3 as replacements for those who will retire. We have formed a search committee tomanage our search for new faculty. This search committee will identify our needs and willconduct the searches that should lead to infusing new ideas and vitality into our department.

StudentsFrom the 1930s through the 1970s, virtually all students in the department were undergraduateswho received BS degrees. The graduate enrollment increased substantially in the 1980s,especially after the oil price collapse and the subsequent job market collapse in the mid-1980s.We also have experienced a large increase in graduate students since the late 1990s. Thisincrease in the number of graduate students has coincided with an increase in research fundingby our faculty. Table 4 illustrates the most recent trends in our graduate student population andTable 5 shows trends in graduate degrees awarded.

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Table 4 - Recent Trends in Graduate EnrollmentYear Master PhD Total1997-1998 62 41 1031998-1999 64 37 1011999-2000 93 38 1312000-2001 134 30 1642001-2002 142 33 1752002-2003 132 33 1652003-2004 126 32 1582004-2005 143 75 69

Table 5 - Recent Trends in Graduate DegreesYear Master PhD Total1997-1998 27 11 381998-1999 18 7 251999-2000 20 13 332000-2001 38 4 422001-2002 65 5 702002-2003 41 5 462003-2004 67 12 792004-2005 45 8 53Total 321 65 386Total Undergraduate 348

Thus, we have graduated more students with a graduate degree (386) than an undergraduatedegree (348) for the time period FY1998–FY2005.

We expect our graduate program to continue to grow, mainly through increased demand fordistance learning and increased funding for research in our department. The number of graduatestudents we can properly supervise is controlled by the size of the faculty and the number ofpost-doctorate students we can afford to hire, which in turn is controlled by the size of ourresearch budget. Currently, about 20 professors are doing research. Each professor cansupervise the research of only about 5 or 6 students on the average. Thus, we can supervise only100 to120 students at any time. However, we always have 30 to 50 new students who are takingclasses and not really ready to start their research, so they do not take much time from theprofessors outside of the classroom teaching hours.

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Vision and Goals

The Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering is one of the largest departments ofPetroleum Engineering in the United States. For many years, we have also been known as one ofthe best—if not the best—departments of Petroleum Engineering in the world, both at theundergraduate and the graduate level. During the past two years, we have extended our reach tothe Texas A&M University branch campus in Qatar, TAMUQ.

Our quality was confirmed last fall with the enthusiastic endorsement of the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET).

We have a reputation within industry for producing practical engineers with excellentproblem-solving ability, grounded well in science, engineering, business and communicationsfundamentals, and able to "hit the ground running." Compared with peer institutions, ourgraduates are viewed as a little more practical, a little less theoretical. This is our chosen niche; ithas proven highly successful.

Vision

Our graduates are our most important product. Our vision is...that "I am an Aggie Petroleum Engineer" be the most respected,prestigious self-definition within the petroleum engineering profession.

Mission

We see our mission, then, as being:...to create, preserve, integrate, transfer and apply petroleum engineering

knowledge....to enhance the human capability of its practitioners through quality

education and outreach programs.

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Strategic Plan

We are in progress on the following efforts to improve our ability to provide top-notch academicprograms in petroleum engineering:

Designing new procedures for recruiting and admissions of graduate students to ourprograms, especially on campus in College Station but also in Qatar.

Planning faculty growth to accommodate our expected growth in both enrollment andresearch efforts, including hiring up to 16 new faculty members to serve on the twocampuses.

Increasing computer capabilities by installing modern servers, replacing classroomcomputers and hiring additional support staff.

Recruiting new member companies to the Crisman Institute, then working with thesecompanies to generate industry-directed research projects.

Improving the quality of our graduate program with targeted recruiting, increased fundingfor fellowships, and organizing a network of industry supporters to ensure that adequatejobs are available for our graduates and interns.

Acknowledging that our success depends on our ability to plan for future growth, we haveidentified the following areas that need financial support and are developing methods ofattracting that support:

Research project funding, largely under the umbrella of the Crisman Institute, to supporta growing body of graduate students and the faculty that will be necessary to advise them.

Increased endowment funding to support administrative, operational, and academicprograms, including greater funding for our premier Nelson Scholars program andadditional graduate fellowships.

Additional support for growing and maintaining our departmental computer resources.

Tables 6, 7 and 8 presents the forecasts for the next five years concerning the number ofstudents, the number of faculty, and the expense budget, respectively.

Table 6 - Enrollment ForecastCollege Station Campus Qatar Total

FY Freshmen Sophomore Junior SeniorTotalUG Master PhD

TotalGrad

Undergrads

BothLocations

2005 100 75 70 50 295 128 32 160 16 4712006 130 80 70 65 345 125 35 160 35 5402007 135 85 75 65 360 130 38 168 75 6032008 135 90 75 70 370 130 40 170 100 6402009 140 100 80 70 390 130 40 170 100 6602010 140 100 80 70 390 130 40 170 100 660

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Table 7 - Faculty Needs

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2005 20 5 1 3 4 6 0 392006 23 4 1 2 6 6 1 432007 24 3 1 2 7 8 3 482008 25 3 1 2 8 10 7 562009 26 3 1 2 9 12 8 612010 26 3 1 3 9 12 8 61

Table 8 - Budget ForecastFY04Act FY05Act FY06Est FY07Est FY08Est FY09Est

Category $M $M $M $M $M $MState–Education and General 1,995 2,372 2250 2350 2450 2550State - Designated 191 337 210 221 232 243State–Distance Learning 75 118 87 95 104 113Research Contracts 2,623 2,723 3500 4000 4500 5000Chairs and Professorships 635 869 700 735 771 810Scholarships 242 305 266 280 294 308Fellowships 156 104 172 181 190 200Research Endowments 52 133 100 150 200 250Departmental Endowments 188 375 217 239 263 289TOTAL 6,156 7,218 7,503 8,250 9,004 9,763

Department GoalsThe goals of the department reflect needs that will take the department to the next level.

National and international recognition Multi-disciplinary collaborations Faculty development Student development

The goals of the department are given outlined below, with the particular objectives to reacheach goal outlined as bullet items

Goal I: Increase ranking for the department. According to the 2006 rankings from US News& World Report, the Texas A&M Department of Petroleum Engineering graduate program wasranked 4th.

The following objectives are necessary to achieve this goal: Significantly increase our peer research reputation.

o Increase the visibility of our research. Continue graduating Ph.D. students that have significant research careers in academia,

industrial labs and national labs.o Increase the number of Ph.D.s that are placed in the top departments, industrial

research centers or government labs nationwide.

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Increase the number of nominations of faculty and students for national awards. Increase the number of senior faculty serving on national boards. Increase our annual research budget.

Goal II: Increase multi-disciplinary collaborations within the department, university,among universities, and with industry. Through the Crisman Institute, we have been able toincrease multi-disciplinary collaborations significantly in 2005.

The following objectives are necessary to achieve this goal: Continue building within research in areas that industry will support. Continue producing research that has a significant impact on the field. Increase the number of large-scale multi-disciplinary projects for the department.

Goal III: Increase programs for faculty development. The faculty members are encouragedto participate in activities of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and other professionalorganizations that are associated with the upstream oil and gas industry. Time is allocated towrite papers and attend technical meetings to present the results of their work. We have fourprofessors with chairs and three with professorships. These endowed faculty positions generaterevenue to fund travel to technical meetings and to pay for incidental items related to research.The Department provides a minimum of $2,000 per year to pay for travel expenses for eachfaculty member who does not have an endowed chair or professorship.

The following objectives are necessary to achieve this goal: Significantly increase the number of endowments for research professorships and chairs. Secure adequate space for faculty, students, staff and education and research labs. Improve the productivity of the working environment. Provide a good mentoring environment for non-tenure, tenure-track faculty. Increase the diversity of the faculty.

Goal IV: Increase programs for undergraduate and graduate student development.Students are the most important aspect of the department and it is vital that we provide asupportive environment in order to retain top students and attract high quality students to alllevels of our program.

The following objectives are necessary to achieve this goal: Recruit top undergraduate and graduate students.

o Increase the number of scholarships to undergraduates and fellowships tograduate students.

Increase the diversity of undergraduate and graduate students. Increase the exposure of undergraduates to graduate school.

o Increase participation of undergraduates involved in research projects.o Increase the placement of our undergraduates in the top graduate programs

nationwide. Increase the number of undergraduate courses taught by tenure-track/tenured faculty.

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Strategy and Benchmarks

Faculty CommitteesFive faculty committees spread the workload of running the department and ensure we haveproper faculty input into the decisions required to run the department in the most efficient andfair manner.

The Tenure & Promotion (T&P) Committee meets initially every year in January or February.At that time, the committee reviews its procedures, successes, and objectives for the comingyear. The committee reviews the status of the faculty and makes recommendations to thedepartment head on who should be put forward for promotion. They also determine who is up fortenure or tenure review. Once the candidates for tenure or promotion are identified, the tenurecommittee helps them document their records of teaching, research, publications, and service sothe best package of documentation possible can be sent to the Dean, Provost, and President.

The Tenure and Promotion Committee for 2005 consists of the following individuals, all ofwhom are tenured professors: John Lee –Chair, Maria Barrufet, Tom Blasingame, HansJuvkam-Wold, Christine Economides, Dan Hill, Akhil Datta-Gupta, Bob Wattenbarger, andDick Startzman.

The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC) monitors the content of our undergraduatecurriculum and suggests changes in the curriculum using the ABET guidelines and input fromour industry contacts. The committee also monitors the data collection for ABET reviews andmakes sure the department is in compliance. Because the ABET review in the Fall 2004 foundour department was in full compliance, we expect to be fully accredited for the next six years.

In addition to the ABET review, the UCC continually monitors our undergraduate curriculum tokeep it relevant so it meets the needs of the students and the industry. The UCC periodicallyreviews the courses and hours required for a BS degree and recommends any changes. The UCCalso reviews the courses our students are taking outside of petroleum engineering to be certainthe course materials cover what our students need to know to succeed in the upper-leverengineering courses. The UCC reviews all course content and the timing and sequencing of thecourse materials to be sure the department is teaching the correct course content during thecorrect semesters. All evaluations of the courses and recommended changes are initiated,evaluated, and documented using the ABET processes.

The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee for 2005 consists of the following individuals:Christine Economides –Chair, Maria Barrufet, Duane McVay, Bryan Maggard, Peter Valkó,Tom Blasingame, Ding Zhu, and Larry Piper.

The Graduate Committee is working on ways to streamline the selection process for graduateschool admission decisions. The committee is developing a data base to evaluate and sort thequalifications of those applying to the department to make our selection process easier and moreaccurate. The committee also is designing a way to greatly improve our PhD qualifying exams.The exams should be completed the first semester and should evaluate a person’s ability to do independent research.

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The Graduate Committee consists of the following individuals: Steve Holditch –Chair, DanHill, John Lee, Akhil Datta-Gupta, Stuart Scott, and Bill McCain.

The Faculty Search Committee is evaluating our faculty needs in Qatar and have started theprocess for recruiting faculty to either go to Qatar or replace current faculty who decide to go toQatar. The committee will be recruiting persons who can teach the courses that will be taught inthe first 2 years. In addition, the search committee is developing a plan for hiring the 4 to 6faculty we will need in College Station in the next 2 to 4 years that will be needed to fill the 3new reinvestment positions and to replace 1 to 3 of the faculty who retire. In addition, we willneed to hire 7 to 8 faculty members to increase our staff size so we can teach all our courses inboth Qatar and College Station. Thus, we fully expect to hire from 11 to 14 faculty members inthe next 2 to 4 years. We will be hiring 3 new faculty members for College Station (thereinvestment positions) and 7 to 8 new faculty members for Qatar. The other 1 to 4 we mighthire will be replacements for faculty members who may be retiring in the next 2 to 4 years.

The exact number of replacement faculty members will depend upon who if any of our facultyretire and the size of our salary budget, which is the money allocated from the State of Texas forteaching. The State gives Texas A&M University a lump sum for teaching salaries, which thePresident of the university allocates in lump sums to each of the Colleges. The Dean ofEngineering then allocates the money to the 12 departments. Thus, the money we get in thedepartment of Petroleum Engineering can vary from year to year, regardless of the size of ourstudent body and our teaching load.

The search committee has mapped out the needs by category and classification, and hasdeveloped a plan for advertising, interviewing, and hiring these new faculty persons.

The specific objectives of the committee are to:

Develop and regularly update long-term plans for faculty hiring. Write advertisements to advertise faculty openings and place them in appropriate journals

and websites. Solicit faculty candidates through personal contacts with industry and academia, and

encourage all the faculty to do so. Evaluate all applications received for faculty positions. Recommend to the faculty, the department head, and the administration which applicants

should be invited for interviews. Recommend to the faculty, the department head, and the administration which applicants

should be made job offers. Remain aware of market conditions and make recommendations about the job offers to

be made.

The Faculty Search Committee consists of the following individuals: Maria Barrufet –Chair,Jerry Jensen, David Schechter, Jerome Schubert, and Daulat Mamora

The purpose of the Scholarship Committee is to administer the Nelson Scholars Program.Highly qualified incoming freshmen and current students are nominated and must complete an

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application. The committee meets at least twice per year to select recipients from among theapplicants. The chair is responsible for detailed administration of the program.

Nelson Scholars Program The Nelson Scholars Program provides scholarships equivalent to the university's

President's Endowed Scholarships but available solely to petroleum engineering students. Four or five 4-year Nelson Scholarships, each worth approximately $12,000, are awarded

to applicants each year. The scholarships are merit-based and are awarded without regard to financial need. Highly qualified incoming freshmen and/or current students are nominated and must

complete an application to be considered. An incoming freshman must major in petroleum engineering, have scores of 1300 SAT or

30 ACT, and be in the top 10% of his or her high school class. A current student must have a 3.5 GPR. Recipients of a Nelson Scholarship must maintain a 3.0 GPR during their period of study

at Texas A&M University.

The Scholarship Committee consists of the following individuals: Larry Piper –Chair, TomBlasingame, Christine Economides, Hans Juvkam-Wold, Duane McVay, and Bryan Maggard.

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Connections to the University’s Strategic Plan

In Vision 2020, Texas A&M University is taking steps to become a top-10 public university bythe year 2020. To do our part, our professors must increase research funding, do more research,and publish more papers. They cannot teach more than 2 or 3 courses per year if they also haveto conduct research, supervise graduate students, and publish. These priorities limit the numberof courses per year that each professor can teach and still maintain the productivity required inthe research arena.

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Policies and Practices for Recognizing Good Teaching

The department, college and university support professional development that allows the facultyto remain abreast of current developments in petroleum engineering research and teachingmethods. The department supplies an allocation to each faculty member that can be used toattend conferences or workshops. The university provides support to faculty by providingteaching workshops through the Montague Center for Teaching Excellence and the Dean ofFaculties Office. Faculty are encouraged to attend these free sessions. A program for faculty isalso offered through Computing and Information Services that provides free instruction onseveral software packages used for online instruction.

Much attention is paid to recognition of scholarly activity. The department makes a strong andconsistent effort to nominate faculty for teaching, research and service awards. The college anduniversity provide numerous internal award programs of this type of recognition, and thedepartment seeks out external award programs through professional societies and foundations aswell. Nearly all of these awards carry generous stipends for use by the awardees.

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Petroleum Engineering Faculty/Research Staff Awards

Walter Ayers–Visiting Professor Certificate of Merit, AAPG (2003) Excellence in Presentation Award, AAPG/EMD (2000) Distinguished Alumni Professional Achievement Award, West Virginia University,

Department of Geology and Geography (1995)

Thomas Blasingame–Associate Professor Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE Distinguished Service Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty (2005)

Charles Bowman–Emeritus Professor Honorary Director, American Petroleum Institute Distinguished Graduate, The Pennsylvania State University (1996) Triangle Fraternity Wall of Fame Member (1997)

John C. Calhoun–Emeritus Professor National Academy of Engineering (1985) Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Honorary member of AIME, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education Mineral Industry Education Award from AIME Degolyer Medal from SPE (1982) SPE Honorary Member (1975) Centennial Medallion from ASEE

Paul Crawford–Emeritus Professor SPE/AIME Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal (1982) Distinguished Lecturer, SPE (1979-80) Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Engineer, Texas Tech University College of Engineering (1982) Italian Interpetrol World Award for American Science (1977)

Akhil Datta-Gupta–Professor National Academy of Sciences (2001-2004) SPE Lester C. Uren Award (2003) Distinguished Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (2001) Cedric K. Ferguson Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers (2000) Distinguished Author, Society of Petroleum Engineers (2000) Distinguished Lecturer, Society of Petroleum Engineers (1999-2000) AIME, Rossiter W. Raymond Award for best paper written by a member under age 33

(1992)

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Christine Ehlig-Economides–Professor SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty, 1982 SPE Formation Evaluation Award, 1995 SPE Distinguished Member in 1996 Lester C. Uren Award in 1997 SPE Distinguished Lecturer, 1997-98 National Academy of Engineering, 2003

Dan Hill–Professor Society of Petroleum Engineering Distinguished Lecturer, 1988-89 Who’s Who Among Rising Young Americans, 1990 Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1990 Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 1992 Who’s Who in America, 1998 SPE Distinguished Member, 1999

Steve Holditch–Professor SPE/AIME Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal (2005) ASME Rhodes Petroleum Industry Leadership Award (1999) SPE John Franklin Carll Award (1999) SPE Distinguished Lecturer (1997-98) Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (1997) National Academy of Engineering (1995) SPE Lester C. Uren Award (1994) SPE Distinguished Member (1989) SPE Distinguished Lecturer (1982-83) SPE Distinguished Service Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty (1981)

Hans Juvkam-Wold–Professor SPE Distinguished Member (2003) The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University Distinguished Teaching

Award (1992)

John Lee - Professor SPE/AIME Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal (2003) AIME Mineral Industry Education Award (2002) SPE Honorary Member (2001) Texas Society of Professional Engineers “Dream Team” (2001) Texas A&M Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for

Continuing Education (2001) AIME Honorary Member (2000) SPE John Franklin Carll Award (1995) Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni, Georgia Tech (1994) National Academy of Engineering (1993) SPE Distinguished Service Award (1992)

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SPE Distinguished Member (1987) SPE Regional Service Award (1987) SPE Reservoir Engineering Award (1986) Texas A&M Association of Former Students Distinguished Teaching Award, College of

Engineering (1983) Halliburton Education Foundation Award (1982-83) SPE Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award (1982) Outstanding Achievement Award in Teaching, Texas A&M Student Engineers' Council

(1982) Distinguished Lecturer, SPE (1978)

Yuri Makogon–Research Engineer Academy of Natural Science, Russia (1990–Present) Albert Einstein Gold Medal of Honor, US Branch Russian Ac. NS (2002) International SPE Distinguished Lecturer (2002-03) Jubilee Medal Academy of Natural Science of Russia (2000) Golden Kapitsa Medal, Russian Ac. NS (1997) Gubkin State Prize (1989) Golden Jubilee Medal of Russia (1970)

William McCain–Visiting Professor SPE Distinguished Membership (2005)

James Russell–Retired Professor Outstanding Educators of America (1974)

Jerome Schubert–Assistant Professor Hart’s Special Meritorious Engineering Award, Team Award (2002)

Richard Startzman–Professor Distinguished SPE Member (1994)

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Quality Enhancement Plan

The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) at A&M is a course of action for continuous improvementthat addresses institutional goals and aspirations, with special attention to student learningoutcomes. Developing excellent learning environments permeates the goals of the QEP. Fourthemes that form the foundation of the QEP include research, diversity, internationalization, andtechnology. The key indictors of excellence in each of the four QEP themes are as follows:

Research: Students should graduate from Texas A&M University able to analyze problems,formulate (research) questions, and progress toward answers to those questions within theirfields, modifying these answers as new knowledge dictates.

Diversity: Students graduating from Texas A&M University should be able to functionsuccessfully in complex, diverse, social, economic, and political contexts. Organizationally,Texas A&M University must create and maintain an environment that promotes anunderstanding of the importance of diversity in all of its academic endeavors.

Internationalization: Students graduating from Texas A&M University will be able tofunction effectively in their chosen career fields in an international setting.

Technology: Students graduating from Texas A&M University will be highly competent inthe use of modern technology relevant to their chosen career path.

Five of the Vision 2020 Imperatives that relate directly to the QEP themes are:

Elevate our faculty, their teaching, research & scholarshipStrengthen our graduate programsEnhance the undergraduate academic experienceDiversity and globalize the A&M communityIncrease access to knowledge resources

How do we achieve our purpose?The QEP is embedded within existing planning processes which include institutionaleffectiveness planning and strategic planning. The three basic components of the QEP are asfollows:

Institutional Effectiveness (IE) Planning. Every year, colleges implement student learningassessment by degree program (e.g., Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. inMathematics). Academic departments and academic support units articulate student learningoutcomes and document assessment activities to identify strengths and weaknesses of theirprograms and make changes to improve student learning. Student learning outcomes areassociated with the QEP themes or other intended knowledge and skills. The IE cycle begins infall and ends in spring of the academic year.

Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Funding. In addition to IE planning, the University sets aside$100,000 annually to provide additional support to academic programs in their assessment of

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student learning outcomes focused on the four QEP themes. The University’s goal is to support20 academic programs every year in this effort.

Strategic Planning. Administrative divisions and colleges engage in strategic planning every fouryears. The current focus is on five Vision 2020 Imperatives which are closely connected to theQEP themes. The strategic planning process helps align and coordinate campus-wide efforts toachieving institutional goals and aspirations, with special emphasis on student learningenvironments and outcomes.

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Statistical Summaries

Student ProfileMaster’sFall 2005 enrollment data reports 127 master’s degree seeking graduate students, 25 of which were Distance Learning students. The master’s degree population consists of 24 women and 100international students.

DoctoralFall 2005 enrollment data reports 49 doctoral seeking graduate students, 2 of which wereDistance Learning students. The doctoral student population consists of 4 women and 43international students.

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Non Degree StudentsThis same enrollment data also reported 13 non degree students all of which are DistanceLearning. Most of the students in this category are taking courses as a certificate program or toenhance their job performance and update their skills for their current company.

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Number of AdmissionsIn academic year 2005, 127 students were admitted. For the last several years we have received200 to 250 applications per year. The applications are mostly for the master’s degrees but approximately 35 of our acceptances are for Ph.D. applicants.

Student Financial SupportThere are several methods of support for graduate students and fellowships are offered to mostqualified incoming new students for their first year to allow them time to find a research projectto work on or other position within the department.

Faculty ProfileThe faculty profiles for the department are shown in the next few tables.

Table 9–Tenured and Tenure-TrackRank Status NumberProfessor Tenured 12 (two approved for 09/01/06)Associate Professor Tenured 4Assistant Professor Tenure-Track 4

Table 10–Tenure Reviews from 2001-2006Effective

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Lecturer9/1/06 Daulat Mamora

Peter Valko9/1/05 Tom Blasingame Duane McVay

David Schechter9/1/04 Jerome Schubert Bryan Maggard9/1/03 Akhil Datta-Gupta Jerome Schubert9/1/01 Stuart Scott

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Teaching LoadThe nominal teaching load for tenure/tenure track faculty is three courses during the academicyear. Of these courses, about half are undergraduate classes and half are graduates classes. Newfaculty have a lighter teaching load for the first two years (two courses per academic year).Lighter loads are also given to faculty with a heavy administrative load.

Special topics classes are frequently taught. These classes may be new topics that are intendedto become regular classes or research oriented courses in the faculty member’s area that mayonly be taught once or twice.

Table 11 - Faculty Hired and Retired During Last Five YearsDate Faculty Hired/Level Faculty Retired/Level Faculty Resigned/Level04/01/06 Catalin Teodoriu/Asst Prof03/01/06 Gioia Falcone/Asst Prof12/01/05 James Russell/Prof08/30/04 Ding Zhu/Asst Prof08/01/04 A. Daniel Hill/Prof06/01/04 Christine Ehlig-Economides/Prof02/01/03 Ronald J. Robinson/Prof08/30/02 Rosalind Archer/Asst Prof12/01/01 Charles H. Bowman/Prof

Table 12 - Average Age of Full-Time FacultyRank Average AgeAssistant Professor 41Associate Professor 50Professor 60All 53

Table 13 - Gender, Minority RepresentationFaculty (by gender) Full Associate AssistantMale 8 5 2Female 2 2

Faculty (by ethnicity) Full Associate AssistantAfrican AmericanNative AmericanAsian American 1 1 1Hispanic American 1White 8 4 1Nonresident Alien 2

Faculty Bios (Appendix A)

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Graduate Program

We expect our graduate program to continue to grow, mainly through increased demand fordistance learning and increased funding for research in our department. The number of graduatestudents we can properly supervise is controlled by the size of the faculty and the number ofpost-doctorate students we can afford to hire, which in turn is controlled by the size of ourresearch budget. Currently, about 20 professors are doing research. Each professor cansupervise the research of only about 5 or 6 students on the average. Thus, we can supervise only100 to120 students at any time. However, we always have 30 to 50 new students who are takingclasses and not really ready to start their research, so they do not take much time from theprofessors outside of the classroom teaching hours.

As our research funding grows, we can increase the number of graduate students in ourdepartment by using post-doctorate students to help supervise some of the research. As theresearch faculty grows, we can add around 6 graduate students per new faculty member. Thus, itmay be possible to increase the number of graduate students in the future if our research facultyand research funding continue to grow.

During the next 5 years, we plan to implement changes to upgrade the quality of our graduatestudents. We will do this by marketing our department; recruiting high-quality undergraduatestudents, especially in the United States; and implementing a more structured graduateadmissions system. The departmental graduate committee will develop these admissionguidelines in 2005. We will also re-implement the doctoral qualifying exam in a form that trulylets the graduate committee determine if a student is qualified to do the independent researchrequired for a PhD. Part of the implementation of the qualifying exam is to design a viablealternative for any prospective PhD student who does not pass the exam.

We have a growing and successful Master of Engineering (MEng) program delivered by distancelearning (DL). We currently offer around 8 or 9 courses per year over the Internet. The MEngdegree by DL requires a minimum of 36 hours—or about 12 courses—and engineering reportwhich students must submit in writing and present orally.

Most DL students take around 3 courses per year because they simultaneously hold full-timeengineering positions. The entire course content is delivered over the Internet, so anyone in theworld can be a DL student. All DL students must be accepted for admission to graduate schoolat Texas A&M University as would any of our on-campus students.

We can also offer courses required for the Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) degrees by DL. However, MS and PhD candidates must satisfy university residencyrequirements and must maintain close contact with their supervisory committees while theyconduct their research projects. Table 14 shows the number of DL students we have had sincethe program began in 1999.

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Table 14 - Enrollment History in the Master of Engineering Distance Learning Program

Year Number of Students1999-2000 102000-2001 222001-2002 172002-2003 172003-2004 322004-2005 32

Table 15 shows our projected enrollment in the graduate program through 2009. We expect ourgraduate enrollment to increase mainly through an increase in DL students and an increase inresearch funding that will allow us to hire more post-doctorate students to help supervise theresearch programs.

Table 15 - Expected Enrollment in the Graduate Program

Master on campus PhD on campus Total on campus DL Total2005 80 32 112 45 1572006 85 35 120 50 1702007 90 38 128 55 1832008 95 40 135 60 1952009 100 40 140 65 2052010 100 40 140 65 205

Most of our faculty members are involved with teaching graduate courses. Our introductorycourses have been taught for many years by many different professors. Below is lists of all ofthe courses we now offer; the list changes on the basis of who is on our faculty and the type ofresearch projects our faculty is working on at the time and not all courses are taught every year.

Graduate Degrees

We have very few rules concerning the course workthat student’shave to take to get a Master ora Doctoral degree. Essentially their committee chairman and graduate committee establish whatshould be included on the degree plan on the basis of their background, so they are best preparedto do research and complete their degree. The university does have a few rules, which areincluded below.

Master of Science Include a minimum of 32 credit hours in your degree plan. (Your committee can require

more.)o Complete at least 9 credit hours on campus during one semester to establish residency.o Take approximately 1/3 of your courses (2-3 courses) outside the department.o Take at least 3 of the core courses listed below.o During the semester when you write your research proposal, you should sign up for the

685 technical writing course.

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Observe University limits on certain courses:o No more than 12 hours transfer credit from another university.o No more than 12 hours of 689 courses.o No more than 8 hours of 691 and/or 685 courses.o No credit for 684 courses.o No more than 2 hours of 681 courses.o No more than 9 hours of undergraduate courses.

Select the chairman of your committee before the start of the second semester.o Agree on at least 3 committee members, with 1 outside the department.o File a degree plan before the beginning of your second semester but by no means later

than 90 days before your final oral examination. You must have an average GPR of 3.0 for all courses on your degree plan before you take the

final exam. Submit your thesis proposal to the Office of Graduate Studies at least 14 weeks before the

close of the semester in which you expect to receive the degree or before you schedule yourfinal examination, whichever occurs first.

Complete your Thesis and final examination. Complete all requirements within 7 years.

Master of Engineering–On Campus Include a minimum of 30 credit hours in your degree plan. (Your committee can require

more.)o Take approximately 1/3 of the courses (2-3 courses) outside the department.o Take at least 3 of the core courses listed below.o Take 3 hours of PETE 692 for credit for the engineering project

Observe University limits on certain courses:o No more than 12 hours transfer credit from another university.o No more than 12 hours of 689 courses.o No more than 4 hours of 684 or 685 courses.o No credit for 691 courses.o No more than 2 hours of 681 courses.o No more than 9 hours of undergraduate courses.



final exam. Write one or two major reports involving Petroleum Engineering subject matter and complete

your final exam Complete all requirements within 7 years.

Master of Engineering–Distance Learning Include a minimum of 36 credit hours in your degree plan. (Your committee can require

more.)o Take at least 3 of the core courses listed below.

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o Take 3 hours of PETE 692 for credit for the engineering project Observe University limits on certain courses:

o No more than 12 hours transfer credit from another university.o No more than 12 hours of 689 courses.o No more than 4 hours of 684 or 685 courses.o No credit for 691 courses.o No more than 2 hours of 681 courses.o No more than 9 hours of undergraduate courses.



final exam. Write one or two major reports involving Petroleum Engineering subject matter and complete

your final exam Complete all requirements within 7 years.

For entering MS students with a BS in Petroleum EngineeringThe following courses pertain to all four (4) areas of specialization: Drilling Production Reservoir Economics and Evaluation

Core Courses: Students are encouraged to include at least three (3) of these core courses intheir degree plan. PETE 603 Advanced Reservoir Engineering I PETE 605 Phase Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids PETE 608 Well Logging Methods PETE 618 Modern Petroleum Production PETE 620 Fluid Flow in Petroleum Reservoirs PETE 625 Well Control (or PETE 626 Offshore Drilling) PETE 664 Petroleum Project Evaluation and Management

For entering MS students without a BS in Petroleum EngineeringThe following courses pertain to four (4) areas of specialization: Drilling Production Reservoir Economics and Evaluation

Core Courses: Students must include at least three (3) of these in their degree plan. PETE 661 Drilling Engineering PETE 662 Production Engineering

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PETE 663 Formation Evaluation and Analysis of Reservoir Performance PETE 664 Petroleum Project Evaluation and Management PETE 665 Petroleum Reservoir Engineering

Additional Master’s programsOther Master degrees that are offered by the Petroleum Engineering department include the jointdegree programs with Institut Francais du Pétrole (IFP) leading to the master of engineeringdegree. Admission to the joint degree program requires that the student be admitted(independently) by both IFP and Texas A&M University. The program consists of the first Fallsemester at TAMU, then Spring and Summer semesters at IFP and then the last semester atTAMU. This program is rigid in its coursework components and will include a research thesis(and one additional semester) if a student elects to pursue a M.S. degree.

As part of this Master of Engineering Program, the Lowry Mays College and Graduate School ofBusiness will award the degree candidate a Certificate in International Petroleum Management.To qualify for this certificate the student must complete at least 18 semester hours of courseworkin the Lowry Mays College and Graduate School of Business. Most MEN students complete 18hours of petroleum engineering course work and 18 hours of business coursework. This optionis available for PHD students who include and include a minimum of 18 hours of business coursework on their degree plans.

Doctor of Philosophy Include a minimum of 64 credit hours beyond the MS degree or 96 hours beyond the BS

degree in your degree plan. Doctorial student who do not have a PETE background areencourage to take at least 3 of the 5 core courses.o Complete at least 1 academic year on campus to establish residency if you hold the MS

degree or 2 academic years if you hold only the BS.o Your graduate committee is in total charge of the courses that will be on your degree

plan. In general, you should take 2/3 course work and, and 1/3 research/seminarcourses.

o Approximately 1/3 of your course work (4-6 courses) should be outside of thedepartment.

o During the semester when you write your research proposal, you should sign up for the685 technical writing course, if you have not already taken the course.

Select the chairman of your committee before the start of the second semester.o Agree on at least 4 committee members, with 1 outside the department.o File a degree plan before the beginning of your third semester but by no means later

than 90 days before your final oral examination. Take the preliminary examination when your have passed all but the last 6 credit hours of

formal course work (except for 681 and 691 courses) on your degree plan, or no later than theend of the semester when you complete your formal course work.

o Submit the results of your preliminary examination to the Office of Graduate Studiesat least 14 weeks before your final examination date.

o The preliminary exam should be both oral and written.

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o Each member of your advisory committee is responsible for administering a writtenexamination in his or her particular field, unless he or she chooses to waiveparticipation in this part of the examination.

You must have an average GPR of 3.0 for all courses on your degree plan before you take thefinal exam.

Submit your dissertation proposal to the Office if Graduate Studies at least 14 weeks beforeyou schedule your final examination.

Complete your dissertation and final exam. Complete all requirements within 10 years

Admissions Process

The admissions process is a joint process between the Office of Admissions and Records (OAR)and the Department of Petroleum Engineering. The application process is an on-line systemcoordinated with the Texas Common Application System and is available world wide. Acomplete application consists of the application (complete with appropriate fee paid $50 fordomestic students, $75 for international students), official transcripts, official GRE test scores,reference letters and other documents which the student may provide to enhance the application.

All admission documents are collected by OAR and all paper documents are scanned into anelectronic document repository called OARDocs, which is accessible by a secure Internetbrowser connection. Once the application has been scanned in, the department creates their ownfile for each application received. The admissions decision for the department is now processedthrough the on-line, web-based admissions decision system called OARADS. The departmentcan admit a student at anytime in the admissions process regardless completeness of theapplication.

In addition to collecting official transcripts, OAR evaluates the transcripts by calculating theGPR on the last 60 hours of undergraduate coursework earned or it the student has a master’s degree, then the GPR is base on all graduate work taken, excluding non-degree courses. Forinternational transcripts grades are converted to an equivalent 4.0 scale.

All applications received by the Department of Petroleum Engineering are reviewed by theDepartment Graduate Committee with the most qualified being admitted and offered fundingassistance from the department.

Financial Assistance

Our students are offered financial assistance through fellowships, research, teaching assistants,student technicians, and sponsored. Many students receiving fellowships receive RA or TAappointments later.

• Fellowships (amount varies)• Graduate Research Assistantships (GAR)

• $1,250 for MS• $1,250 for PhD• $1,400 for PhD once they pass the PhD qualifying exam

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• Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GAT)• $1,250 for MS• $1,250 for PhD

• Student Technicians• $8.50 to $14 per hour

• Sponsored by company or government• 112 out of 138 resident MS and PhD students on full support

Graduate Courses

Graduate courses help to provide skills and tools for solving tough engineering problems andgraduate research projects help solve some of those problems for our students. Our graduatecourses offered are listed in Appendix B.

Graduate Syllabi

Graduate course syllabi are listed in Appendix C.

Research Facilities

Acid Stimulation LaboratoryIn this lab, we will develop new and better methods to measure acid-fracture conductivity soindustry can better design well completions in deep, carbonate reservoirs.

Engineering Imaging LaboratoryA state-of-the-art, high-resolution, fourth-generation X-ray CT scanner is available for generaluse. Within PETE, it is used mainly for measurements of porosity and saturations in cores andenhanced oil recovery flood experiments.

Fluid Separation and Treating LaboratoryIn this lab we will utilize inclinable multiphase flow loop donated by Halliburton to investigatemultiphase flow in wells & risers.

Fracture Conductivity LaboratoryIn this lab we will develop two-phase models of stimulation treatments in naturally-fractured gasreservoirs and build fracture-performance models based on experimental studies of fractureconductivity.

Gas Hydrates LaboratorySophisticated equipment in this lab is devoted to understanding the growth and dissolution of gashydrate crystals.

High Pressure/High Temperature Fluid Property Measurement LaboratoryIn this lab, we will measure gas viscosities with extended ranges of temperatures, pressures, gasspecific gravities, and quantities of non-hydrocarbons. These data will be used to extend therange of applicability of the correlation to 400 F and at least 25,000 psia.

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Integrated Reservoir Investigations LaboratoryThis lab contains new UNIX workstations, associated projectors, plotters and printers, and thelatest engineering and geoscience's software, available for teaching, research, and continuingeducation programs.

Mobil Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory for Core AnalysisStudents in this teaching lab practice measurement of rock and fluid properties. Students in thisteaching lab practice measurement of rock and fluid properties.

Naturally Fractured/Integrated Reservoir Studies LaboratoryThis lab focuses on multi-disciplinary approach to improving reservoir performance in naturallyfractured reservoirs. This is accomplished by integrating all facets of information to achieveoptimization of recovery in specific field cases. Research is focused on fracture and matrixcharacterization, core and log analysis, fluid flow and transfer mechanisms (capillary imbibitionand gravity drainage) and analytical and numerical simulation of these processes. Water floodingand gas injection experiments are performed at reservoir conditions using reservoir rock fluids.

Oilfield Brine Processing LaboratoryResearch to improve the efficiency of membrane-based filters used for treatment anddesalination of produced water and brackish ground water. We will continue to investigateadvanced membrane-filter simulator models, new and novel cleanup methods, and low-powerdesalination technology, which we will test in field demonstrations.

Ramey Thermal Recovery LaboratoryExperiments carried out in this lab are aimed at understanding and optimizing oil productionusing steam and in-situ combustion oil recovery techniques. Oil recovery using variousconfigurations of vertical and horizontal wells as producers and injectors can be investigated andcompared.

Riverside Field-Scale Production Test FacilityThis facility comprises test wells, flow loops, and multi-phase pumping and metering equipment.It is in an early stage of development.

Texaco Drilling Fluids Laboratory/Fluid Rheology LabThis teaching lab provides students hands-on experience in dealing with changing behaviors ofdrilling fluids.

Tommie E. Lohman Fluid Measurement LaboratoryThis lab provides equipment and procedures for the physical analysis of oilfield fluids includingoilfield emulsions, water and sediment in oils, and gas and liquid metering. A working waterwell is used in conjunction with the lab for analysis of transient pressure and sucker rod pumps.The lab serves as an instructional facility for production engineering where students are trainedin the acquisition and evaluation of fluid data. Emphasis is placed on development of proceduresfor handling oilfield fluid samples.

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Graduate Data

Appendix D includes additional tables on: Recent Trends in Graduate Enrollment Recent Trends in Graduate Degrees List of PhD Dissertation Titles of Graduates (2000-2005) List of PhD Graduates Holding Faculty Positions in U.S. and Abroad

Current Faculty

In general, we teach courses in four core areas: Drilling, Production, Reservoir, and Economics& Evaluation. We also teach introductory courses in Petroleum Engineering, basic engineeringscience courses, and technical writing. The following faculty members are listed under theirprimary specialization, although some do teach courses under more than one category.

Drilling EngineeringHans Juvkam-Wold ProfessorJerome Schubert Assistant ProfessorCatalin Teodoriu Assistant Professor

Production EngineeringStephen Holditch ProfessorDan Hill ProfessorStuart Scott Associate ProfessorPeter Valkó Associate ProfessorDavid Schechter Associate ProfessorDing Zhu Assistant ProfessorGioia Falcone Assistant Professor

Reservoir EngineeringAkhil Datta-Gupta ProfessorBob Wattenbarger ProfessorMaria Barrufet ProfessorTom Blasingame ProfessorDaulat Mamora Associate ProfessorDuane McVay Associate ProfessorBill McCain Visiting ProfessorBryan Maggard Senior Lecturer

Economics and EvaluationJohn Lee ProfessorChristine Ehlig-Economides ProfessorRichard Startzman ProfessorWayne Ahr Professor (joint appointment with Geology)Jerry Jensen Associate ProfessorWalt Ayers Visiting Professor

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General Courses and Technical WritingLarry Piper Senior LecturerDarla-Jean Weatherford Lecturer

Qatar Campus

We currently have 35 students in Qatar. They have been taking their freshmen and sophomorecourses in math, physics, chemistry, English, history, and political science. Starting Fall 2005,we began teaching our first courses in petroleum engineering. We have identified the firstperson from our department to move to Qatar, Dr. Mahmood Amani. Dr. Amani has taught thebasic engineering science courses and the senior drilling courses at Texas A&M Universityduring the past 2 years. He and his family moved to Qatar with the intention to be therepermanently.

We have identified five additional faculty members to work in Qatar and we are in the process ofhiring them. We will need a cross-section of faculty who can teach our drilling, production,reservoir, and economics & evaluation courses. We will also need faculty that can supervisegraduate students and conduct research sponsored by the Qatar Foundation and the oil and gasindustry in Qatar.

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Budget Information

Financial Resources

In FY05 the department of Petroleum Engineering spent approximately $7.2 million to operatethe department. Table 16 shows the actual expenditures by category.

Table 16–Actual Expenditures for FY 2005Source Description AmountState Education and General $ 2,372,276.39State Designated $ 336,797.72State Distance Learning $ 118,422.05Research TEES $ 2,604,250.16Gifts and Endowments Faculty $ 869,194.17Gifts and Endowments Scholarship $ 304,555.59Gifts and Endowments Fellowship $ 104,425.47Gifts and Endowments Research $ 132,870.55Gifts and Endowments Department $ 375,042.50TOTAL $ 7,217,834.60

At the end of FY05, the Department has endowments with a market value of $22 million thatgenerates $1 million per year of income. This income was used to supplement salaries, to fundresearch endeavors of our faculty, and to provide financial assistance to both undergraduate andgraduate students. Of the $22 million, $11 million funds chairs and professorships, $3.5 millionfunds scholarships, $0.75 million funds fellowships, $4 million funds the Crisman Institute forPetroleum Research, and $3 million funds special projects at the discretion of the departmenthead.

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It can be concluded that the financial resources of the Department are adequate to meet the needsof our undergraduate program. The graduate program is also adequately funded; however, wehave to solicit about $2 million per year of research funding to pay the summer salaries of ourfaculty and to pay for research assistantships.

Endowed Chairs/Professorships

Tables 17 and 18 show the endowed Chairs and Professorships the department currently has.

Table 17–Endowed ChairsFaculty Member Name Endowment Est. Annual IncomeHans Juvkam-Wold John Edgar Holt Endowed Chair $1,199,738 $54,849Akhil Datta-Gupta LeSuer Chair in Reservoir Management 615,578 49,882Steve Holditch Samuel L. Noble Endowed Chair 1,417,782 64,817John Lee L.F. Peterson Endowed Chair 3,428,345 156,734Christine Ehlig-Economides Albert B. Stevens Endowed Chair 1,249,880 50,521Dan Hill Robert L. Whiting Endowed Chair 1,290,375 52,159Vacant Baker-Hughes Endowed Chair 1,233,402 55,011TOTAL $10,435,100 $483,973

Table 18 - Endowed ProfessorshipsFaculty Member Name Endowment Est. Annual IncomeMaria Barrufet Rob L. Adams Endowed Professorship $816,626 $37,334Richard Startzman L.F. “Pete” Peterson Endowed Professorship 630,720 25,494Vacant Robert L. Whiting Endowed Professorship 683,906 31,266New Aghorn Energy Endowed Professorship 259,483 10,488New John E. ‘74 & Deborah F. ‘76 Bethancourt

Endowed Professorship394,538 15,000

New George K. Hickox, Jr. ‘80 Endowed Professorship 244,832 10,000Pending Leonard and Dora Leon Endowed ProfessorshipTOTAL $3,030,105 $129,582

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Crisman InstituteThe endowment and research income from the Crisman Institute are detailed in Table 19 below.

Table 19–Crisman Endowments and Annual IncomeCompany Endowment Est. Annual Income

Crisman Institute $2,406,869 $97,288Chevron 519,327 10,886Halliburton 259,483 10,488Schlumberger 265,182 10,719Anadarko 336,683Baker Hughes 382,500Burlington 41,076ConocoPhillips 50,000Devon 90,000Economides Consultants 225,000Newfield 180,000Nexen 450,000Saudi Aramco 180,000Total 50,000bp–pendingEl Paso–pendingTOTAL $3,450,861 $2,114,640

Department of Energy ProjectsThe Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University has beenawarded four Department of Energy (DOE) research projects. The principal investigators,projects, and awards are noted below:

Stephen A. Holditch and Yuri Makogon, and George J. Moridis of Lawrence BerkeleyNational Laboratory, plan to develop the necessary knowledge base and quantitativepredictive capability for the description of geomechanical performance of hydrate-bearing sediments (hereafter referred to as HBS) in oceanic environments. The focus ison the determination of the envelope of hydrate stability under conditions typical of thoserelated to the construction and operation of offshore platforms. Project Title“Geomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments in Offshore Environments”, $725,000 (36 months).

Stephen A. Holditch, A. Daniel Hill, and Ding Zhu, will develop new methods forcreating extensive, conductive hydraulic fractures in unconventional tight gas reservoirs.After assessing a wide range fracture treatments conducted in the field, researchers willdevelop design models for implementing optimal fracture treatments. Project Title"Advanced Hydraulic FracturingTechnology for Unconventional Tight Gas Reservoirs”, $1.2 million (36 months).

Akhil Datta-Gupta plans to develop efficient tools and a systematic work flow forimproved oil reservoir characterization and modeling. The technology will bedemonstrated in a CO 2 flood in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Project Title “Rapid Calibration of High Resolution Geologic Models to Dynamic Data Using InverseModeling: Field Application and Validation”, $785,846 (36months).

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David Burnett, Jean-Louis Briaud (CE), and Gene Theodori (TAES) will incorporatecurrent and emerging technologies into a clean, environmentally-friendly drilling systemthat can be used to find and produce natural gas in the lower 48 states. The project alsoincludes establishing a joint venture of industry, academic, and government partners tosupport development of such a zero-impact drilling system. Project Title “Field Testing of Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems”, $1.4 million (36months).

BudgetingThe academic budget (State of Texas funding) for the department is determined by the Dean ofthe College of Engineering. It is basically constant from year to year with changes coming fromthe increase or decrease in the number of faculty. Faculty salaries and hiring decisions areapproved by the Dean and the Provost upon recommendations from the Department Head anddepartmental faculty. The Department Head then decides how those funds are allocated incoordination with other available Departmental resources to meet the needs of the department.The department provides 9-months funding of faculty salaries and the faculty typically fund their3-month summer salary out of their research projects –unless they accept a summer teachingassignment.

Facilities and EquipmentThe department operates its own computer network, and maintains six computer classrooms forteaching and student support. We try to replace approximately one-third of the computersannually in these classrooms and workrooms to stay abreast of the latest technology. Part of thefunding for this comes from student fees and part comes from industry and individual gifts to theDepartment. In the future, we will be working with industry partners to provide the Departmentwith money to totally upgrade our computer system. Our teaching laboratories are well equippedand are adequate to teach undergraduate laboratory courses. We are always looking for ways toimprove the laboratories for both teaching and research.

Support StaffDay-to-day operations of the department depend heavily on the assistance of our highly qualifiedsupport staff. We currently have 13 full-time staff working for the department and 1 working forthe Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI), in addition to a number of student workers whoserve as part of the staff. Those workers are not included in the numbers listed above. Thedepartment’s administrative staff is organized as follows:

Administrative Kathy Beladi–Senior Administrative Coordinator Frank Platt–Technical Laboratory Manager Jason Demshar–Senior Microcomputer/LAN Administrator Vitaly Kim–Microcomputer Specialist Connie Conway–Program Coordinator Several student workers for computer support, receptionists, meetings support, and mail

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Financial Rudy Schultz–Business Administrator II Jarrod Harris–Business Coordinator I Patty Royder–Accounting Assistant III Several student workers to load financial data into the system

Graduate Administration Eleanor Schuler–Senior Administrative Coordinator Sarah Buckingham–Senior Office Assistant

Undergraduate Administration Gail Krueger–Lead Office Associate Betty Robbins–Program Assistant

Distance Learning Ted Jones–Information Specialist Mary Lu Epps–Information Specialist

The size of the staff is currently sufficient for the size of the faculty and the department. Wehave to deal with an incredible bureaucracy at Texas A&M University that includes Universityadministration, the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), and the Texas A&MDevelopment foundation. All three groups have their own procedures, their own accountingsystems, their own rules for charging expenses, and their own way of entering and retrievingdata. It is an understatement to say the workload on the staff is exaggerated by having to dealwith three separate bureaucracies.

In addition, since the immigration laws have tightened, the bureaucracy involved withInternational Student Services (ISS) has expanded the workload on staff.

Management and LeadershipThe Department is organized and managed very efficiently. We have one faculty member who isprimarily responsible for freshman and new student orientation. This faculty person also teachesthe freshman class and advises the students during their first four semesters. Because of thisdedicated persons interests in these students, the students all get wise and consistent advice ontheir coursework and other matters. We are training other faculty members to fill in as necessaryas undergraduate advisors.

We track students as soon as they apply for admission to Texas A&M University. If they show apreference for Petroleum Engineering, we immediately contact them by email or phone. Wehave a network of former students who we can also use to contact each student and encouragethem to attend Texas A&M University. These same former students are also helping theDepartment of Petroleum Engineering by noticing students who excel in mathematics andscience and recruiting them for Texas A&M University.

In the longer term, significant changes in the role of petroleum engineering can be expected. Forthe next few decades, it is obvious that oil and gas will power the world. However, at some point

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in time, other fuels will become important. We are beginning to look at how the Department ofPetroleum Engineering can keep its roots but also take a broader view in terms of Energy. Wehave hired new faculty and we believe we will attract new students who are interested in thegeneral field of energy.

Equipment–Computer Facilities

University Computer FacilitiesComputing and Information Services (CIS) of the University provides over one thousandcomputers in five open access labs (see below) that are available to Computer Science students,along with all other Texas A&M University students.

Supercomputing FacilityThe University also maintains three supercomputers. The IBM Regatta p690 has thirty-twoCPUs [Power4 at 13000MHz] and 64GB of main memory. The system is configured with1,100GB of disk space. The SGI Origin 3800 has forty-eight CPUs [R1400 at 500MHz] and48GB of main memory. The system is configured with 1,150GB of disk space. The SGI Origin2000 has thirty-two CPUs [R10000 at 250MHz] and 8GB of main memory. The system is adistributed memory cc-NUMA architecture based machine configured with 300GB of disk space.Students are allotted fifty CPU hours of supercomputer time per fiscal year.

Open Access LabsTexas A&M University has five labs open to Ph.D. students: Blocker, Read, Student ComputingCenter, West Campus Library, and Wisenbaker.

Blocker provides one hundred-seventy computers and printing. This lab is typically open8am to 12am weekdays, but is closed Saturdays. The lab reopens Sunday afternoons.

Read provides one hundred twenty-seven computers and printing. This lab is typicallyopen 8am to 10pm weekdays, but is closed Saturdays. The lab reopens Sundayafternoons.

Student Computing Center provides three hundred eighty-seven computers, scanning,video editing, plotter, and printing services. This lab is typically open 24 hours a day, butis closed Saturdays. The lab typically reopens Sunday afternoons.

West Campus Library provides two hundred sixty-seven computers, scanning, and printservices. This lab is typically open 7:30am to 2am, with shortened hours on theweekends.

Wisenbaker provides seventy computers and printing. This lab is typically open 8am to10pm weekdays, but is closed Saturdays. The lab reopens Sunday afternoons.

NetworkingWireless access is currently available in twenty-eight campus buildings. Currently coveragedoes not include the Joe C. Richardson Building which houses the Harold Vance Department ofPetroleum Engineering. The University has two OC3 connections providing Internet access anda Gigabit Ethernet network backbone.

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Department Computer FacilitiesThe Department of Petroleum Engineering understands that technology changes quickly and inorder to prepare tomorrow’s professionals for entry into industry the Department must keep up with technological changes. In order to keep pace with technology the computer support teamconstantly evaluates emerging technologies they feel may be useful as teaching aids for ourclassroom facilities.

The Petroleum Engineering Department maintains many of its own services, such as ADS, email,FTP, file store, web, license management, backup and recovery. Each student receives anaccount for these services with a specified amount of storage. The amount of storage is based onstudent classification.

In order to keep the teaching labs up to date, the microcomputers in the labs are replaced on athree-year cycle. Currently the Petroleum Engineering Department maintains four computer labsfor the students. Sixty-eight microcomputers in four teaching labs are available to PetroleumEngineering students 24/7 when these computers are not being used to teach courses. Inaddition, numerous graduate students are provided with office space and/or a microcomputerdepending upon funding of their research project.

The department licenses/provides access to specialized software for student use such as Eclipse,PIPESIM, CMG, Palisade, FracPro PT, Geographix, Ecrin, TecPlot, Mathematica, and SAS.Computer Support is open between the hours of 8am –5pm Monday through Friday to assistwith computer or printer related problems.

Sources of Funds for Computing InfrastructureTwo main student fees support the computing infrastructure of the Department of PetroleumEngineering. The below table shows, each fee, the amount charged most recently and anyrestrictions on its use.

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Appendix A–Faculty Curriculum Vitae

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Wayne M. Ahr, C.P.G.Mollie B. and Richard A. Williford Professor of Petroleum Geology

Dr. Ahr holds a joint appointment in Geology & Geophysics and PetroleumEngineering. His research interest is reservoir characterization and quality ranking offlow units—especially in carbonate reservoirs. Dr. Ahr is author of 60 technical papersand 71 published abstracts and is currently completing work on his book Geology ofCarbonate Reservoirs, which is to be published by Oxford University Press.In his research, Dr. Ahr and his students are exploring ways to relate fundamentalrock properties to petrophysical characteristics so the rock properties with thegreatest influence on reservoir quality can be singled out. Rock properties arerelatively easy to map but reservoir quality is not—yet, anyway. When these links between fundamental rockproperties and reservoir quality are discovered, it will be possible to identify, evaluate, and map reservoir flow units,baffles, and barriers in complex or compartmentalized reservoirs. To date Ahr has chaired 53 thesis/dissertationcommittees and his former students hold positions in major oil companies around the world. Dr. Ahr collaborates withindustry on prospect evaluation, reservoir characterization, and field development. He teaches short courses andleads field trips for professionals

Education

PhD, Geology, Rice University, 1967

MS, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1965

BS, Geology, Texas Western College (now University of Texas–El Paso), 1960

Areas of Specialization

Carbonate reservoir evaluation and reservoir characterization

Geologic analysis of exploration and development prospects

Research

Carbonate reservoir characterization and flow unit quality assessment

Carbonate depositional and diagenetic environments

Environmental sedimentology

Environmental geology

Awards and Honors

Best Paper Award, West Texas Geological Society, 2003 (with student J. Layman)

Second Prize, Best Paper Competition, AAPG National Meeting 2001 (student T. Hopkins)Research Award, Ministry of Education and Science, Madrid, Spain, 1993

Fulbright Research Scholar, Belgium, 1988

Professeur Invité, Université de Louvain, Belgium 1988

Faculty Development Study Award, Great Britain; Visiting Scholar, U. of Leicester, U.K., 1984

Best Paper of Convention, Second Place, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Annual Meeting,1983

NASA Fellowship, Rice U., 1966–67

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest

American Men and Women of Science

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Walter B. AyersVisiting Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Walter Ayers is Visiting Professor of Geosciences in the Harold Vance Departmentof Petroleum Engineering and Adjunct Professor in the Geology and GeophysicsDepartment at Texas A&M University, where he teaches courses in integratedreservoir studies, formation evaluation, unconventional reservoirs, and petroleumgeology. His ongoing research involves production optimization from stripper wellfields, CO2 sequestration, and enhanced methane production from coal beds.

Before joining Texas A&M University in January 2001, Ayers was GeoscienceTechnical Manager and Principal Consultant with Schlumberger Holditch-ReservoirTechnologies, where he evaluated conventional and unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, built static reservoirmodels, and coordinated geologic aspects of integrated reservoir studies for domestic and international projects.Also, he was the Schlumberger appointee to the Geoscience Board of Advisors of NExT (Network for Excellence inTraining), an organization that provides professional training to the oil and gas industry.

In 1995, Ayers joined S.A. Holditch & Associates as Vice President of Geosciences to build a geoscience departmentfor oil and gas consulting. He participated in numerous oil and gas projects in the USA and internationally. In India, hementored the ONGC coalbed methane teams that selected the exploration and pilot well sites in the Jharia Basin, anongoing coalbed gas project. In 1997, Schlumberger purchased S.A. Holditch & Associates.

From 1991 through 1995, Ayers was at Taurus Exploration, Inc. (now, Energen Resources), where he advanced toGeneral Manager of Geology. He was a member of a Conoco/Taurus strategic alliance management team forcoalbed methane. He directed or participated in coalbed and shale gas projects in more than more than 40 basins inthe UK, France, Germany, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, and the USA.

From 1978 to 1991, Ayers was with The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), where hewas Program Coordinator for Natural Gas and Coal Research. His research focused on relations among depositionalsystems and the occurrences and producibility of oil, gas, coal, and coalbed methane. With funding from the GasResearch Institute (now, GTI), he managed studies of coalbed gas occurrence and producibility in the San Juan,Black Warrior, and Northern Appalachian basins, which led to the first coalbed methane exploration models.

Education

Ph.D., Geology, 1984, The University of Texas at Austin

M.S., Geology, 1971, West Virginia University

B.S., Geology, 1969, West Virginia University


Petroleum geology; integrated studies of conventional and unconventional reservoirs

Basin analysis, clastic depositional systems and facies, and related hydrology

Clastic and carbonate depositional systems

Unconventional reservoirs

Depositional framework of coal; coalbed methane exploration and development

Industry short courses in geosciences

Technical manager and team leader of integrated petroleum reservoir projects

Expert witness in hearings and court cases

Publications

More than 100 publications, 50 short courses, and 75 presentations on clastic depositional systems, integratedreservoir studies, and unconventional gas reservoirs, including fractured shales, low-permeability sands, and coalbeds.

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Maria A. Barrufet, P.E.Rob L. Adams Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Maria Barrufet’s interest in fluids spans research efforts as diverse as converting oilfield brine to irrigation-quality water, to optimizing oil production from gascondensate fields, to developing software for thermal simulation. Her design ofhybrid technology to convert oilfield brine to irrigation-quality water addresses one ofthe most important and expensive problems associated with the production of oil andgas, but implementation of her technology could turn wastewater into valuableirrigation-quality water and salts for de-icing roads.

Dr. Barrufet’s evaluation of production strategies to optimize oil production from gas condensate fields involvesintegrated studies requiring fluid characterization, reservoir characterization and economics. Her development ofsoftware for thermal simulation includes mutual solubilities of oil and water, which have often been neglected insimilar calculations.

Principal or co-principal investigator on projects sponsored by the Department of Energy and various oil companies inthe areas of Improved oil recovery using thermal and chemical methods, Dr. Barrufet has over 50 publications in theareas of thermodynamics, phase behavior and phase equilibria of fluid mixtures, profile modification, neural networks,and polymer flooding.

Education

PhD, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1987

MS, Chemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina, 1983

Chemical Engineer, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina, 1979

Research Interests and Areas of Specialization

Enhanced Oil Recovery: Thermodynamics and transport phenomena applied to chemical, miscible andthermal recovery processes Multiphase Flow: Pipe flow design, numerical methods, optimization, andstatistics

Rock and Fluid Properties: Correlation and measurement of capillary pressures and relative permeabilities,polymer and gel rheology for profile modification and water control. Equations of State (EOS) for multiphaseequilibria and modeling of paraffin and asphalthene deposition

Modeling and computer simulation of flow of non-Newtonian fluids through pipe networks

Thermal recovery, particularly multiphase water/hydrocarbon equilibria: simulation, algorithm developmentand optimization studies

Awards and Honors

TEES Fellowship, 2004

Texas A&M University Assessment Award, 2003

W.M. Keck Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence, 1994-1995

Tenneco Meritorious Teaching Award, 1995

Burlington Resources Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1993

General Electric Faculty of the Future Award, 1992

Sterling Who’s Who, 1994

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Thomas A. Blasingame, P.E.Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Geology & Geophysics

Dr. Thomas A. Blasingame joined the faculty in 1991. Two years later, he wasnotified that his proposal to the Department of Energy for research in reservoircharacterization had been accepted, providing $1.6 million in funding—one of thelargest research grants in the department’s recent history. Hired to capitalize on hisexpertise in applied reservoir engineering, Dr. Blasingame has established aproductive and well-funded research program which has netted approximately$500,000 in the past five years.

Dr. Blasingame’s focus on high quality research is reflected in the comments of several SPE technical reviewers, andhis efforts have led to 22 conference presentations. He integrates his skills as a reservoir engineer, fluid dynamicist,pressure transient analyst and mathematician in the increasingly complex domain of well test analysis. He hasconsulted in gas reservoir management, well testing short courses, well test analysis and interpretation, programs forreservoir description and reservoir management, and software development for petroleum engineering applications.

In addition, Dr. Blasingame manages one of the highest graduate student loads in the department, producingresearch that is timely and of high quality, with practical applications and a significant effect in industry. Studentsacknowledge that he is a challenging teacher who recognizes the value of their effort and encourages them to higherachievements.

Dr. Blasingame was the 1996 chairman of the SPE Education and Professionalism Committee and has served onseveral other SPE committees. He is actively involved in the American Society for Engineering Education and haschaired the department’s Austin Chalk Symposium, a one-day conference for operators, service companies, andconsultants working in the Austin Chalk. He has participated on several departmental committees and currentlyserves on the College of Engineering Faculty Advisory Committee.

Education

PhD, Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1989

MS, Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1986

BS, Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1984


Technical mathematics

Oil and natural gas reservoir engineering

Reservoir evaluation

Reservoir description

Research

Dr. Blasingame is involved in continuing studies on methods for the evaluation and prediction of gas reservoirperformance, field-scale programs in reservoir description and reservoir management, development and applicationof methods of analysis and interpretation of well tests and production data, and theoretical/computational studies ofmultiphase flow in porous media.

Awards and Honors

Distinguished Member, SPE, 2000

Tenneco Meritorious Teaching Award - 1994

TAMU Association of Former Students Teaching Award - 1986

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Akhil Datta-GuptaLeSuer Chair in Reservoir Management and Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Akhil Datta-Gupta is Rob L. Adams Endowed Professor in Petroleum Engineering in theHarold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. Dr.Datta-Gupta received his PhD in 1992 and MS in 1985 in Petroleum Engineering fromthe University of Texas at Austin in 1992. He received his BS in Petroleum Engineeringfrom the Indian School of Mines in Dhanbad, India in 1982. Prior to Texas A&M, heworked for BP Exploration and Research and the Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory.

Dr. Datta-Gupta is well-known throughout the industry for his contributions to fast flow simulation methods anddynamic data integration into high-resolution geologic models. He is the recipient of the 2003 Lester C. Uren Award ofthe Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) for significant technical contributions in petroleum reservoircharacterization and streamline-based flow simulation. He is an SPE distinguished member (elected, 2001),distinguished lecturer (1999-2000), distinguished author (2000) and was selected as an outstanding technical editor(1996). He also received the SPE Cedric K. Ferguson Certificate for the best peer-approved paper (2000). In additionto his SPE awards, he is a recipient of the AIME Rossitter W. Raymond award (1992), TAMU Tenneco MeritoriousTeaching Award (1997) and serves as a member of the Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Datta-Gupta has extensive experience in multiphase fluid flow simulation, inverse modeling and integratedcharacterization of subsurface heterogeneities for oil recovery and environmental remediation. He has been theprincipal investigator of several research projects funded by the U. S. Department of Energy, National ScienceFoundation and various oil companies and national laboratories. Currently he is the lead investigator of a JointIndustry Project at Texas A&M University funded by multiple domestic and international oil and service companies.

Dr. Datta-Gupta has published extensively on high-resolution reservoir characterization, rapid flow simulationtechniques and large-scale parameter estimation via inverse modeling. He is considered an industry expert instreamline-based flow simulation and dynamic data integration into high-resolution reservoir models and routinelyteaches industry courses on these areas.

Education

PhD, Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1992

MS, Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1985

BS, Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India.


High resolution numerical schemes for reservoir simulation

Geostatistics and stochastic reservoir characterization

Modeling and scale-up of enhanced oil recovery

Environmental remediation and contaminant transport

Research

Dr. Datta-Gupta has research interests in integrated reservoir characterization, inverse methods, development andapplication of high resolution numerical schemes for reservoir simulation, and fracture zone characterization for oilrecovery, as well as nuclear waste disposal. He developed the first three-dimensional version of UTCHEM, amultiphase, multicomponent compositional chemical flood simulator used by oil companies and universitiesworldwide.

Awards and Honors

Distinguished Member, SPE, 2001

Advisor to Cedrick Ferguson Award Winner, SPE, 2000

Outstanding Technical Editor, SPE, 1996

Rossiter W. Raymond Award of AIME for the best paper written by a member under the age of 33, 1992

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Christine A. Ehlig-EconomidesAlbert B. Stevens Endowed Chair and Professor of Petroleum Engineering

As one of the foremost contributors in the reservoir-testing field, Dr. Christine Ehlig-Economides has been distinguished by contributions in analytical models for well-testanalysis, in the articulation of the practical methodology for well-test interpretation, in thedesign of testing procedures, and in the evaluation of testing hardware and pressure-transient data quality. She is frequently called on to address multidisciplinary groups onsuch subjects as re-evaluating old reservoirs by applying new interpretations to old dataand by integrating new measurements with old or demonstrating why data integrationenables greater information from the individual measurements. Working with geologists and geophysicists, she hasdiscovered important avenues for interdisciplinary information exchange.

At Texas A&M, she is applying these skills in a project with other academic institutions, industry, and government todevelop energy solutions as a major research and academic theme at TAMU. She is well-qualified for such asproject, as her work has consistently emphasized interdisciplinary approaches to engineering problems.

Dr. Ehlig-Economides worked in about 30 countries during her 20 years with Schlumberger, and during herdistinguished lecture tour in 1997-1998, she visited 15 countries on 4 continents. As chair of the SPE CulturalDiversity Committee and member of the SPE Ad Hoc Task Force on Diversity/Governance, she was instrumental inplanning a roundtable on cultural diversity involving corporate executives and in expanding global memberparticipation in society activities. Results of these efforts are seen in the current SPE tracking of SPE memberinterests and participation, which she originally proposed as a Global Technical Network.

Education

PhD, Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University, 1979 MS, Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas, 1976 MAT, Mathematics Education, University of Kansas., 1974 BA (cum laude), Math-Science, Rice University, 1971

Area of Expertise

Reservoir Engineering and Horizontal andMultibranch Wells

Layered Reservoir Testing Pressure Transient Testing Reservoir Engineering

Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Natural Gas Hydrates Groundwater Modeling

PublicationsMore than 50 publications and presentations, across all areas of expertise, including one textbook on productionsystems

Patents

Ehlig-Economides, C.A.: "Property Determination for Multilayer Formation," US Patent # 4,803,873, 1989. Ehlig-Economides, C.A.: "Characterizing the Layers of a Hydrocarbon Reservoir," US Patent # 5,247,829,

Sept. 5, 1993.

Honors and Awards

National Academy of Engineering, 2003 SPE Distinguished Lecturer, 1997-98 SPE Lester C. Uren Award, 1997 SPE Distinguished Member, 1996 SPE Formation Evaluation Award, 1995 SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty, 1982 Alaska SPE Engineer of the Year, 1982 Outstanding Faculty Award (University of Alaska, Fairbanks; School of Mineral Industry) Sigma Xi (National Honor Research Society) Standard Oil of California Fellowship (Stanford University) Phi Kappa Phi (University of Kansas)

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Gioia FalconeAssistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Gioia Falcone joined the faculty in 2006 as an Assistant Professor. She was aResearch Reservoir Engineer in the Geoscience Research Centre of TOTAL E&P UK.She holds a Laurea degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, an MSc degree in petroleum engineering from Imperial College London and has just completed her Ph.D. studies at Imperial College London. She has previouslyworked for ENI-Agip in Italy, Enterprise Oil and Shell Expro in the UK, covering bothoffshore and onshore assignments.

Education

Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College, London, 2006

MS, Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College, London, 1999


Well Performance and Production Optimization Production Allocation and Metering Multiphase Flow Modelling

4D History Matching Dynamic Link Reservoir/Wellbore Wellbore Phase Redistribution

Publication Topics

“Multiphase Flow Metering: principles and applications”, Elsevier, Developments of Petroleum Science series. Authors: G. Falcone, G.F. Hewitt, C. Alimonti. Expected publication: November 2006.

“Experimental Investigation of Wellbore Phase Redistribution Effect on Pressure Transient Data”, A.M.Ali, G.Falcone, G.F.Hewitt, M. Bozorgzadeh, A.C.Gringarten, presented at the 2005 SPE Annual TechnicalConference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, 912 October 2005.

“Multiphase flow metering: 4 years on”, G.Falcone, G.F.Hewitt, C.Alimonti, B.Harrison, presented at the 23North Sea Flow Measurement Workshop, Tonsberg, Norway, 1821 October 2005.

“Multiphase Flow Metering: Current Trends and Future Developments", G.Falcone, C.Alimonti, G.F.Hewitt,B.Harrison, (first presented at the 2001 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in NewOrleans, Louisiana, 30 September-3 October 2001, SPE 71474) included in “Offshore Multiphase Production Operations”, SPE Reprint Series No. 58, Vol. 2, Part IV, December 2004

“PetroElastic Modelling as a Key Element in 4D History Matching– A Field Example”, G.Falcone, O.Gosselin, F.Maire, J.Marrauld, M.Zhakupov, presented at the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conferenceand Exhibition held in Houston, Texas, 2729 September 2004, SPE 90466

“Improving Multiphase Flow Metering Performance Using Artificial Intelligence Algorithms”, C.Alimonti, G.Falcone, presented at the 3International Symposium on TwoPhase Modelling and Experimentation, Pisa,Italy, 2224 September 2004 “Impact of PetroElastic Modelling and CutOffs on the Integration of Quantitative4D Seismic into Reservoir Modelling”, G.Falcone, F.Maire, O.Gosselin, E.Brechet, J.Marrauld, D.Caie, presented at the EAGE 66Conference and Exhibition, Paris, France, 711 June 2004

“Integration of Multiphase Flow Metering, Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic in Field Performance Monitoring”, C.Alimonti, G.Falcone, SPE Production & Facilities, February 2004 issue

“ANUMET: A Novel Wet Gas Flowmeter”, G.Falcone, G.F.Hewitt, L.Lao, S.M.Richardson, presented at the 2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, 58 October 2003, SPE 84504

“Knowledge Discovery in Databases and Multiphase Flow Metering: the integration of statistics, data mining,neural networks, fuzzy logic and adhoc flow measurements towards well monitoring and diagnosis”, C.Alimonti, G.Falcone, presented at the SPE ATC 2002 conference in San Antonio, Texas, September 2002

“Experimental characterisation ofgas-liquid flows through an angle valve”, C.Alimonti, U.Bilardo, G.Falcone, presented at the International Conference Multiphase Flow in Industrial Plants, Alba, Cuneo, Italy, 1820September 2002.

“Multiphase Flow Metering: Current Trends and Future Developments", G.Falcone, C.Alimonti, G.F.Hewitt,B.Harrison, Distinguished Author Series of the JPT, April 2002.

“Multiphase Flow Metering: Current Trends and Future Developments", G.Falcone, C.Alimonti, G.F.Hewitt, B.Harrison, presented at the 2001 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in New Orleans,Louisiana, 30 September3 October 2001, SPE 71474

“Model predicts more accurate PI over a field's life”, G.Falcone, B.Harrison, published in the Oil & Gas Journal, March 19, 2001.

“Checking the AshfordPierce model through a field data base”, C. Alimonti, U.Bilardo, G.Falcone, presented at the OMC ‘99, March 1921, Ravenna, 1999, pp.12451248 of conference proceedings.

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A. Daniel HillRobert L. Whiting Endowed Chair, Assistant Department Head, and GraduateAdvisor

Author of two textbooks on petroleum production, Dr. Dan Hill is a world-renownedspecialist in production logging, multiphase flow in pipes, and well stimulation. He hastaught undergraduate courses in thermodynamics, fluid properties, petroleumengineering design, and production engineering, and graduate courses in advancedproduction engineering, production logging, well stimulation, and two-phase flow inpipes since he joined the U. of Texas faculty in 1982. During the last five of his 22 yearswith that department, he directed the Improved Well Performance Research Program,securing funding of almost $3 million during the last three of those years alone.

Dr. Hill is a prolific writer with more than 150 publications, technical reports, and professional presentations to hiscredit, including the textbooks, Improved Well Performance Research Program and Petroleum Production Systems.Additionally, he has conducted more than 60 industry short courses and workshops and holds five patents forimproved oil recovery through injection processes. As a 1988-89 SPE Distinguished Lecturer, Professor Hillpresented his lecture on production logging in deviated wells at 28 SPE chapters throughout the world.Prior to joining the faculty at the U. of Texas, Dr. Hill was an advanced research engineer for Marathon Oil’s Denver Research Center in Littleton, Colorado.

Education

BS, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University 1974

MS, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas, 1976

PhD, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas, 1978


Well Logging

Well Stimulation

Improved Production Performance

Publications

More than 40 refereed publications

More than 80 presentations

More than 30 technical reports

Five patents

Two textbooks; one book chapter

More than 60 industry short courses and workshops

Honors and Awards

Phi Kappa Phi

Tau Beta Pi

Sigma Xi

Omega Chi Epsilon

Phi Lambda Epsilon

Memberships

Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Society of Professional Well Log Analysts

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Stephen A. Holditch, P.E.Department Head, Samuel Roberts Noble Chair and Professor of PetroleumEngineering

Dr. Stephen A. Holditch has been the Head of the Harold Vance Department ofPetroleum Engineering since January 2004. He joined the faculty at Texas A&MUniversity in 1976 and has taught most of both the undergraduate and graduatecourses. In supervising more than 100 MS and PhD students, Dr. Holditch hasfocused his research in areas involving gas reservoirs, well completions, and wellstimulation.

Dr. Holditch was the Society of Petroleum Engineers, International (SPE) President 2002, SPE Vice President-Finance and a member of the Board of Directors for the SPE from 1998-2003. In addition, he served as a Trustee forthe American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) from 1997-1998.

Dr. Holditch has received numerous awards in recognition of his technical achievements and leadership. In 1995, hewas elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and in 1997 to the Russian Academy of NaturalSciences. In 1998, Holditch was elected to the Petroleum Engineering Academy of Distinguished Graduates.

Education

PhD, Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1976 MS, Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1970 BS, Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1969


Analysis of low-permeability gas reservoirs Fracture treatment design evaluation, and

optimization

Coalbed methane development Well completions and workovers

ResearchDr. Holditch is recognized as an industry leader in the evaluation and stimulation of low permeability reservoirs. Hisresearch includes

Low permeability gas reservoir engineering Hydraulic fracture treatment design Simulation of hydraulic fracture treatments Evaluation of hydraulic fracture treatment fluids Non-Darcy flow of gas in fractures Effects of mud filtrate invasion upon drillstem tests and upon induction log response, and Effects of fracture fluid cleanup upon well productivity Publications

More than 100 publications, two textbooks, and 70 presentations on advances in fracture technology; fractureproperties; tight gas formation wells; stress testing and stress profiling; effects of non-Darcy flow on hydraulicallyfractured gas wells; water blocking and gas flow from hydraulically fractured gas wells; pre-fracture and post-fractureformation evaluation; hydraulic fracturing

Awards and Honors

National Academy of Engineering, 1995Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, 1998Society of Petroleum EngineersPast President, 2002-2003President, 2001-2002President elect, 2000-2001Treasurer, 1997-2000John Franklin Carll Award, 1999Best Paper-SPE Formation Evaluation, 1996Lester C. Uren Award, 1994Distinguished Member, 1989Distinguished Lecturer, 1982-83Distinguished Service Award for Petroleum

Engineering Faculty, 1981

American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, andPetroleum Engineering (AIME) Board of Trustees,1997-1999

American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME) Rhodes Petroleum Industry LeadershipAward, 1999

Texas A&M UniversityS.R. Noble Foundation Endowed Chair, 2004R.L. Adams Professorship, 1995-2003Petroleum Engineering Academy of Distinguished

Graduates, 1998Shell Distinguished Chair in Petroleum

Engineering, 198387

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Jerry L. JensenAssociate Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Geology & Geophysics

Dr. Jerry L. Jensen focuses on reservoir engineering and geological statistics in hisresearch integrating petrophysical data and geological information for reservoircharacterization. He works with probe permeameter data, evaluating the amountand types of data that are necessary and reliable, and the diagnostics of data tovisualize geological structure and organization.

Jensen has 10 years’ industry experience as a field engineer for Services Techniques Schlumberger in Paris and as a research engineer for Gearhart Industries in Texas. During 12 years atHeriot-Watt U. in Scotland, he continued his industry involvement by developing and teaching commercial courses onthe integration of petrophysics and geology and openhole well log interpretation. After leaving Heriot-Watt, he servedas an Associate Professor at U. of Alaska Fairbanks before coming to Texas A&M.

Education

PhD, Petroleum Engineering, U. of Texas at Austin, 1986 MS, Petroleum Engineering, U. of Houston, 1980 BSc, Electronic & Electrical Eng., U. of Birmingham, UK, 1973: First class honors.


Reservoir characterization Integrating petrophysics and geology Openhole well logging

Research

Diagnosis of geological structure and organization from logs and cores Strategic sampling of reservoirs: Which measurements, how many, and where? Modeling complex interactions in poorly sampled, fractured formations Evaluating interwell communications for reservoir management

Recent Publications

Guan, L., McVay, D. A., Jensen, J. L., and Voneiff, G. W., “Evaluation of a Statistical Method for Assessing Infill Production Potential in Mature, Low-Permeability Gas Reservoirs,” Journal Energy ResourcesTechnology, vol. 126, pp241-244, 2004.

Jensen, J. L., Hart, J. D., and Willis, B. J., “Evaluating Proportions of Undetected Geological Events in the Case of Erroneous Identifications,” Mathematical Geology, vol. 38, no. 2, in press, 2006.

Jensen, J.L., Lake, L.W., Corbett, P.W.M., and Goggin, D.J.: Statistics for Petroleum Engineers andGeoscientists, Second Edition, Elsevier (2000); reprinted 2003 and 2004.

Seifert, D., and Jensen, J. L., "Object and Pixel-based Reservoir Modelling of a Braided Fluvial Reservoir,"Mathematical Geology (2000), Vol. 32, 581-603.

Lorenz, J. C., Sterling, J. L., Schechter, D. S., Whigham, C. L., and Jensen, J. L., “Natural Fractures in the Spraberry Formation, Midland Basin, TX: The Effects of Mechanical Stratigraphy on Fracture Variability andReservoir Behavior,” AAPG Bulletin (2002) Vol. 86, 505-524.

*Bui, T.D., Brinton, J., Karpov, A. V., Hanks, C. L., and Jensen, J. L., "Evidence and Implications forSignificant Late and Post-Fold Fracturing on Detachment Folds in the Lisburne Group of the NortheasternBrooks Range," SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (2003) Vol. 6, 197-205.

Hanks, C. L., Wallace, W. K., Bui. T. D., Jensen, J. L., and Lorenz, J., “The Character, Relative Age, and Implications of Fractures and Other Mesoscopic Structures Associated with Detachment Folds: An Examplefrom the Lisburne Group,” Bull. Can. Pet. Geol. (2004) Vol. 52.

Rivera, N., Ray, S., Jensen, J. L., Chan, A. K., and Ayers, W. B., “Detection of Cyclic Patterns UsingWavelets: An Example Study in The Ormskirk Sandstone, Irish Sea,” Mathematical Geology (2004) Vol. 36.

Honors and Awards

Halliburton Faculty Fellow 2003

Tenneco Teaching Award 2004

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Hans C. Juvkam-Wold, P.E.J.E. Holt Chair and Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Hans C. Juvkam-Wold’s experience covers over 40 years in the petroleum industry, from his beginnings as a field lab technician in Venezuela to supervisorypositions for Gulf Oil Exploration and Production Co. in Alaska. There, he designedand developed arctic drilling systems, with emphasis on cost, ice forces, and safety.

Dr. Juvkam-Wold has served as the Gulf Mineral Resources Co. representative on theindustry’s advisory committee on mine shaft drilling, as manager of Gulf’s technicalservices, and as a section supervisor of Gulf’s production engineering.

Dr. Juvkam-Wold joined the faculty at Texas A&M U in 1985, whereupon he began to develop the graduate programof teaching and research in drilling. He assumed the position of Assistant Department Head and UndergraduateAdvisor in 1993 and Interim Head in 1996 and again in 2003.

Education

ScD, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969

SM, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967

SB, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966


Buckling of tubulars in horizontal drilling

Well control

Arctic and offshore drilling

Riserless drilling

Research

Dr. Juvkam-Wold specializes in drilling problems, especially horizontal drilling and well control. His recent researchhas included the buckling of tubulars in horizontal wells. He has researched special problems in arctic and offshoredrilling and is currently involved in the development of riserless drilling for application in ultra-deep water.

Patents

U.S. Patent 6,499,540, “Method for Detecting a Leakin a Drill String Valve,” 31 December 2002

U.S. Patent 6,474,422 B2, “Method for Controlling a Well in a Subsea Mudlift Drilling System, 5 November 2002

U.S. Patent 6,474,422 B, Method for Shut-In of a Subsea Mudlift Drilling System, 29 May 2002.

U.S. Patent 3,964,557, “Treatment of Weighted Drilling Mud,” 22 June 1976

U.S. Patent 3,924,689, “Drill Bit and Method of Drilling,” 9 December 1975

U.S. Patent 3,838,742, “Drill Bit for Abrasive Jet Drilling,” 1 October 1974

Publication Topics

Completing Horizontal Wells with Coiled Tubing; Helical Buckling of Pipes in Horizontal Wells; Hook Load and LineTension; Frictional Drag Analysis; Casing Centralization; more than 70 total publications

Awards and Honors

Association of Former Students of Texas A&M U. Distinguished Teaching Award, 1992

Tenneco Award for Meritorious Teaching of Engineering, 1990 and 2001

Distinguished Member of SPE, 2003

Honorary Memberships:o Tau Beta Pio Pi Tau Sigmao Sigma Xio Pi Epsilon Tau

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W. John Lee, P.E.L.F. Peterson Chair and Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. W. John Lee is known throughout the world in petroleum reservoir engineering.After receiving BChE, MS, and PhD degrees from Georgia Tech, Dr. Lee worked forthe Reservoir Studies Division of Exxon Production Research Company from 1962to 1968. His work focused on simulator reservoir studies of major Exxon reservoirsin Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and South Texas. Later he joined and eventuallyheaded Exxon Company, USA’s, Major Fields Study Group, where he supervised integrated field studies of Exxon’s largest domestic reservoirs. In 1975-76, he wasDistrict Reservoir Engineer for Exxon’s Houston District.

He joined Texas A&M University in 1977 and currently holds the Peterson Chair in Petroleum Engineering. He alsojoined S. A. Holditch & Associates, Inc., petroleum engineering consultants, in 1980 and retired as Executive VicePresident in 1999. He is the author of three textbooks published by SPE: Well Testing, Gas Reservoir Engineering,and Pressure Transient Testing.

He is a past member of the Board of Directors of SPE, has been a Distinguished Lecturer, has received theDistinguished Faculty Achievement Award, and is a Continuing Education Lecturer for SPE. He received the 1986Reservoir Engineering Award and the John Franklin Carll Award in 1995. He was named a Distinguished Member in1987, an Honorary Member in 2001, and received SPE's Distinguished Service Award in 1992. Dr. Lee was alsoelected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1993 and to Georgia Tech's first class of its Academy ofDistinguished Engineering Alumni in 1994. He received the AIME Mineral Industries Education Award in 2002 andreceived the AIME/SPE Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal in 2003.

Education

PhD, Chemical Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1963

MS, Chemical Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1961

BChE, Chemical Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1959

Areas of Expertise

Oil and Gas Reservoir Engineering, Reservoir Analysis and Management, Petroleum Project Economics

Awards and Honors

SPE DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal,2004

SPE Continuing Education Award, 2003 AIME/SPE Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal, 2003 AIME Mineral Industries Education Award,

2002 Texas Society of Professional Engineers“Dream Team,” 2001

National Academy of Engineering, 1993 SPE Honorary Member, 2001 AIME Honorary Member, 2000 SPE John Franklin Carll Award, 1995 Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni,

Georgia Tech, 1994 SPE Distinguished Service Award, 1992 Invited Paper, SPE Distinguished Author

Series, October 1987; November 1994 SPE Distinguished Member, 1987 SPE Regional Service Award, 1987

SPE Reservoir Engineering Award, 1986 Texas A&M Association of Former Students

Distinguished Achievement Awards Continuing Education, 2001 Teaching, College of Engineering, 1983 Tenneco Award for Teaching Excellence, 1983

and 2000 Halliburton Education Foundation Award,

1982-1983 Outstanding Achievement Award in Teaching,

Texas A&M Student Engineers' Council, 1982 SPE Distinguished Faculty Achievement

Award, 1982 Distinguished Lecturer, SPE, 1978-1979 Lecturer, AAPG Continuing Education

Program, 1977 - Present Lecturer, SPE Continuing Education Program,

1970–Present

PublicationsBooks - more than 7 Presentations–more than 150 Publications - more than 100

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J. Bryan MaggardSenior Lecturer and Undergraduate Advisor

Bryan Maggard joined the faculty in 1998. He is currently the Undergraduate Advisorfor the department. His undergraduate and graduate teaching areas includeengineering fundamentals, numerical methods, gas reservoir engineering, andapplication and development of numerical reservoir simulation technology.

Dr. Maggard served as a research associate with the Department of PetroleumEngineering beginning in 1995. His projects include coordination of reservoirsimulation efforts for the Bakhilov Field Study as part of the Varyeganneftegaz(VNG) Technical Training Course (1995) and instructor of applied reservoir simulation as part of the PetroVietnamTraining Program (1997).

Dr. Maggard previously practiced in industry as a production engineer with Pierce Oil & Gas, Inc. in Ft. Worth, and asa reservoir engineer with Chevron Exploration & Production Services Co., Houston.

Education





Thermal recovery methods

Applied reservoir simulation

Numerical methods and application of computing

Tight Gas Reservoir Engineering/Simulation

Research

Dr. Maggard is involved in continuing research efforts of the Reservoir Modeling Consortium. His dissertationresearch topic considered the complex reservoir engineering and production engineering aspects of liquid removalfrom gas wells in low-permeability reservoirs. His ongoing research includes analysis through reservoir simulation ofcondensate damage near hydraulic fractures in tight retrograde condensate reservoirs.

Dr. Maggard has also used numerical simulation to investigate nonuniqueness that appears when pressure-dependent permeability affects analysis of transient performance data. His work determined that an existing methodunderestimates OGIP when permeability is pressure dependent.

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Daulat D. MamoraAssociate Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Daulat D. Mamora has worked internationally, covering a broad spectrum ofpetroleum engineering activities, including the design and management of oil andgas development projects, and gas and water injection schemes.

During his 15 years as a petroleum engineer with Royal Dutch/Shell, Dr. Mamoraserved as head of the reservoir engineering department and as advisor inexploration and production at Shell in Malaysia.

As a member of the Texas A&M faculty, Dr. Mamora has conducted training programs for engineers from Japan,Indonesia, Russia, and Vietnam. He has conducted research projects for Hyperion Resources, Burlington Resources,the US Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Energy, and consortia including Shell, Halliburton,ChevronTexaco, Saga Petroleum, BP, Saudi Aramco, Mobil, ConocoPhillips, and Total S.A. He was instrumental inestablishing the Henry J. “Hank” Ramey Thermal Recovery laboratory in the department. He is also on the editorialboards of SPE Journal and Ciencia, Technologia y Futuro, the journal of Ecopetrol, Colombia.

Education

PhD, Stanford University, 1993

MS, Stanford University, 1990

BS (Honors), University of Malaya, 1973


Waterflood and thermal oil recovery

Gas injection and recycling

Reservoir development and management

Zone isolation in horizontal wells

Research

Dr. Mamora’s main research interests are thermal recovery, waterflood, improved oil recovery with horizontal wells,and gas reservoir engineering with emphasis on experimental research where applicable.

Awards and Honors

ChevronTexaco Fellow Texas A&M University Engineering Program, 2002-2003

Tenneco Meritorious Teaching Award, 1996

Texas Engineering Experiment Station Engineering Excellence Award, 1993

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William D. McCain, Jr.Visiting Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. William D. “Bill” McCain’s 37-year history in petroleum engineering includes bothfaculty and consultative positions, including 11 years as head of the petroleumengineering department at Mississippi State University. He gained his earlyexperience with Esso Research Laboratories starting in 1956 and began teaching atMississippi State in 1963. He served in the U.S. Army from 1976 until 1984, when hejoined the faculty at Texas A&M University.

Since 1987, he has worked with projects in reservoir engineering and simulation,corrosion abatement, surface processing, NGL plants, compositional modeling, andmiscible flooding as a consultant, first with Cawley, Gillespie & Associates and then with S.A. Holditch & Associatesuntil its purchase by Schlumberger.

Dr. McCain has consulted for several hundred clients and taught short courses for SPE and several major oilcompanies worldwide.

Education

PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1964

MS, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1961

BS, Mississippi State University, 1956


Reservoir engineering and reservoir management

Reservoir fluid properties

Reservoir rock properties

Reservoir simulation, especially volatile oils and retrograde gases

Patents

U.S. Patent 2,942,619, “Feed Injector for Coking for Chemicals,” Sept. 13, 1960

U.S. Patent 2,943,994, “Chemicals Coking Quenching System,” July 5, 1960

U.S. Patent 6,945,327, “Method for Reducing Permeability Restriction near Wellbore,” Sept. 20, 2005

Publications

Dr. McCain has written two editions of the textbook The Properties of Petroleum Fluids and 46 professional articles,generally on reservoir engineering with many specific to fluid properties.

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Duane A. McVayAssociate Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Duane A. McVay teaches courses and conducts research in the areas of appliedreservoir simulation and integrated reservoir management. He has beeninstrumental in the development and teaching of the senior-level capstone designcourses in Integrated Reservoir Studies; these are multi-disciplinary coursesinvolving faculty and students in geology, geophysics and petroleum engineering.

Dr. McVay has over 16 years of industry experience with S. A. Holditch &Associates, Inc. (SAH), a petroleum engineering consulting company. At SAH, heconducted and supervised integrated reservoir studies involving multi-disciplinary teams of geophysicists, geologists,petrophysicists, production engineers and reservoir engineers with the objective of optimizing reservoir depletionplans. Dr. McVay also supervised the group responsible for the development and support of the company'scommercial reservoir simulation software.

Education

Texas A&M University - B.S. Petroleum Engineering (1980)

Texas A&M University - M.S. Petroleum Engineering (1982)

Texas A&M University - Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering (1994)


Applied reservoir simulation

Integrated reservoir studies

Reservoir simulation software development

Publications Topics

Reservoir Simulation

Gas Reservoir Engineering

Well Test Interpretation

Numerical Methods for Simulation

Integrated Reservoir Modeling

Production Performance Analysis

Awards

Amoco Foundation Award for Distinguished Service to Students, 1983

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Larry D. Piper, P.E.Senior Lecturer

Dr. Larry Piper has more than 20 years of teaching experience in the department.He served as coordinator of Engineering 109, a college-wide introductoryengineering and computing course from 1991 to 1994, and served as assistanthead for the undergraduate program within the department. In that capacity, headministered a wide-reaching scholarship program that served almost everystudent in the department, including the prestigious Nelson Scholarships, whichare intradepartmental scholarships equivalent to the university’s President’s Endowed Scholarships.

Prior to joining the department, he had 20 years of military experience including assignments in management, projectanalysis, and teaching, and three years of petroleum production experience with a major oil company.

Education

PhD, Texas A&M University, 1984

MS, Texas A&M University, 1981

MS, US Naval Postgraduate School, 1970

BS, Texas A&M University, 1957


Reservoir engineering

Reservoir simulation

Phase behavior

Research

Dr. Piper’s research interests include reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, and phase behavior of reservoir systems; and methods for computing gas compressibility factors.

Awards and Honors

Presidential Award for Academic Advising, 2004

Extra Mile Award for Student Development, Huddleston Co., Inc., 1994

Tenneco Meritorious Teaching Award, Texas A&M University College of Engineering, 1993

Publication Topics

Water and gas coning

Z-factor correlations

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David S. SchechterAssociate Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. David S. Schechter heads the Naturally Fractured Reservoir Characterization/Engineering group at Texas A&M. Before joining Texas A&M in 2000 he was at theNew Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology for 7 years. Prior to New MexicoTech, Dr. Schechter performed research and taught in the Petroleum EngineeringDepartment at Stanford University from 1989 - 1993. He has been involved in anextensive reservoir characterization effort in the naturally fractured Spraberry TrendArea that has involved geological, petrophysical, logging interpretation, coreflooding,wettability assessment simulation studies and the design of a waterflood and CO2 pilot in the Spraberry trend, one ofthe largest oil fields in the world.

Education

PhD, Physical Chemistry, Bristol University, England, 1988

BSc, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1984


CO2 Phase Behavior

Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Gas Injection

Waterflooding

Pilot Design

Log Analysis

Core Analysis

Surface Chemistry

Integrated Reservoir Studies


Research

Pilot design in the Spraberry Trend Area, west Texas

Geological and Petrophysical Analysis

Wettability Determination and Imbibition Experiments

Gravity Drainage

Numerical Modeling


CO2 Flooding and Gas Injection

Publications

Schechter, D.S., “Waterflooding and CO2 Injection in the Naturally Fractured Spraberry Trend Area,” Journalof Canadian Petroleum Technology, 41, No. 10, Pg. 9–14, 2002.

Natural Fractures in the Spraberry Formation, Midland Basin, TX: The Effects of Mechanical Stratigraphy onFracture Variability and Reservoir Behavior,” Lorenz, J.C., Sterling, J.L., Schechter, D.S., Whigham, C.L., and Jensen, J.L., AAPG Bulletin, 92, No. 15, Pg. 999 - 1030 (2002).

“Advanced Reservoir Characterization to Evaluate Carbon Dioxide Flooding, Spraberry Trend, MidlandBasin, Texas,” Montgomery, S.L., Schechter, D.S., and Lorenz, J.C., AAPG Bulletin, 84, No. 9, Pg. 1247-1273 (2000).

Schechter, D.S. and Guo, B., “Parachors Based on Modern Physics and Their Uses in IFT Prediction ofReservoir Fluids,” SPE Reservoir Engineering, 15, Pg. 65–81, 1996.

Schechter, D.S., Zhou, D. and Orr, F.M., Jr., J. Pet. Sci. and Eng., “Low IFT Drainage and Imbibition,” 11,283–300, 1994.

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Jerome J. Schubert, P.E.Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Jerome J. Schubert has nearly 25 years’ experience in the petroleum industry, mostly as a drilling engineer. He specializes in well control training and methods,deep water drilling, underbalanced drilling and managed pressure drilling. Dr.Schubert has extensive industry experience with Pennzoil Company and Enron Oiland Gas, as well as in academia at the U. of Houston-Victoria’s Petroleum Training Institute, and at Texas A&M U. since 1994.

Dr. Schubert’s teaching duties include foundations of engineering, drilling and production systems, drilling engineering, and advanced drilling engineering at the undergraduate level. His graduatecourses include special topics in underbalanced drilling, drilling engineering, and advanced well control. Dr. Schuberthas also taught industry courses in well control, drilling technology, underbalanced drilling, dual-gradient drilling,extended-reach/multilateral drilling, well completion and workover technology, and quick-look log interpretation.

Dr. Schubert is a registered professional engineer in Texas.

Education


ME, Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1995


Research

Drilling

Well control

Dual-gradient drilling

Underbalanced drilling

Managed pressure drilling

Conductor casing setting depth

Risk assessment of drilling systems

Recent Publications

Choe, J., Schubert, J.J., and Juvkam-Wold, H.C., “Analyses and Procedures for Kick Detection in SubseaMudlift Drilling,” paper IADC/SPE 87114 presented at the 2004 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas,Texas, USA, 2–4 March.

Al-Ajmi, S.E. and Schubert, J.J., “Optimum Selection of Underbalanced Techniques,” paper SPE/IADC 85322 presented at the 2003 SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference & Exhibition, AbuDhabi, UAE, 20-22 October.

Schubert, J.J. and Juvkam-Wold, H.C., Choe, J., Denney, D., “Well-Control Procedures for Dual-GradientDrilling,” JPT (June, 2003).

Schubert, J.J., Juvkam-Wold, H.C., and Choe, J., “Well Control Procedures for Dual Gradient Drilling asCompared to Conventional Riser Drilling,” paper SPE 79880 presented at the 2003 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 19-21 February.

Patents

U.S. Patent 6,394,195 “Dynamic Shut-In of a Subsea Mudlift Drilling System” May 28, 2002.

U.S. Patent 6,474,422 “Controlling a Well in a Subsea Mudlift Drilling System” November 2, 2002.

U.S. Patent 6,499,540 “Method for Detecting a Leak in a Drill String Valve” December 31, 2002.

Invited Lectures

Dr. Schubert has given invited lectures on drilling topics ranging from well blowout control to riserless drilling. Theselectures have included topics as simple as rocks and minerals in oilwell drilling to extended-reach multilateral drillingand drilling in high-pressure/high-temperature conditions.

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Stuart L. ScottAssociate Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Stuart L. Scott has nine years of industry experience covering a wide range ofpetroleum engineering topics. He has worked with Phillips Petroleum Company as asoftware development/consulting engineer in their corporate headquarters inBartlesville, Oklahoma; as a drilling and production engineering in their PanhandleRegion Office (Borger, TX); and as a reservoir engineering specialist on theirAlaska/California Partner Operated Asset Team (Houston).

His industry experience covers such diverse topics as asset management, hydraulicfracturing, multiphase flow in pipes, air-foam workover/completions, reservoir simulation and software development.His specialty is application of technology to improve asset performance.

In 1996, Dr. Scott joined the Petroleum Engineering Department at Louisiana State U. as an Assistant Professorwhere he developed a well funded research program on multiphase production systems with a focus ondeepwater/subsea applications. At LSU, he was awarded over 1.1 million dollars in research funding, includingsupport from the MMS, NSF, DOE, the State of Louisiana, and industry.

In 1998, Dr. Scott joined the Petroleum Engineering faculty at Texas A&M as an Associate Professor and has movedhis research program on multiphase production systems to the College Station Campus. He teaches classes onproduction engineering and well stimulation and has hosted roundtable symposia on multiphase pump welltechnology.

Education

Ph.D. ., Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa, 1987

M.S., Computer Science, University of Tulsa, 1985

B.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa, 1982

Research

Multiphase flow in pipes

Well performance

Hydraulic fracturing

Well completion design

Publications

Dr. Scott has presented a number of papers on such diverse topics as multiphase flow in pipe, well performance,hydraulic fracturing and reservoir simulation.

Awards and Honors

TEES Fellow, 2004

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Henry R. Worthington Medal, 2003

Shell Doctoral Fellow,1986-87

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

International Winner, Student Paper Contest, PhD Division, 1987

Chair of the Panhandle Section, 1992

Chair of the Production Operations Technical Committee, 2000, 1992

Chair for the first SPE Forum on Multiphase Flow, Pumping and Separation Technology, 1992

Editor of the SPE Reprint Volume on Offshore Multiphase Production Operations,1998-99

ASME, member

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Richard A. Startzman, P.E.L.F. Peterson Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Richard A. Startzman’s expertise is based largely on his 20 years with Chevron Corporation in management, research and operations in Europe, the Middle East, andthe U.S. His early experience included research for Standard Oil Co. of California,culminating with his position as head of operations research. During three years in theArabian Gulf, he proposed $5 billion in projects to increase recovery from the Bahrainfield. In the United Kingdom, he managed all reservoir engineering activities forChevron’s European operations, including the second highest producing field in the North Sea. Prior to joining Texas A&M’s Petroleum Engineering faculty, Dr.Startzman was manager of Explorationand Production Computing. He consults with majors, independents, and service companies in the areas of economicsand reservoir engineering.

Education



BS, Petroleum Engineering, Marietta College, 1961


Reservoir engineering

Economic evaluation

Artificial intelligence

Operations research

Research

Dr. Startzman concentrates much of his effort in the areas of economic optimization for offshore oil and gas fields anddeveloping and improving economic risk analysis methods.

Publication Topics

Offshore Field Development; Well Log Correlation; AI in Formation Evaluation; Knowledge-Based Systems inPetroleum E&P; Economic Evaluation; Neural Networks

Awards and Honors

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Distinguished Member, 1994

Chairman, Golden Gate Section, 1981-82

General Chair—1978

Annual California Regional Meeting Publications Chairman—1974

Peterson Professorship, 1993 to date

Tenneco Teaching Award, 1989

Halliburton Professor of Petroleum Engineering, 1984 to 1985

Honorary Societies:

Pi Epsilon Tau (Petroleum Engineering)

Tau Beta Pi (Engineering)

Beta Beta Chi (Music)

Kappa Mu Epsilon (Mathematics)

Phi Kappa Phi (Scholarship)

Sigma Xi (Research)

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Catalin TeodoriuAssistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Catalin Teodoriu joined the faculty in 2006. He was a research coordinator for petroleum engineering at theTechnical University of Clausthal. After graduating in Mechanical Engineering for Oil and Gas Industry at theUniversity “Petrol-Gaze” Ploiesti, Romania, he completed his Ph.D. studies at the Technical University of Clausthal, Germany. From 1996-1998, he was employed in the Oil and Gas Company (PETROM) in Romania. In 1998 hejoined Institute of Petroleum Engineering, TU Clausthal and has worked in various research projects related to oil andgas tubular goods, drilling fluids and field equipment development.

Education

Ph.D., Technical Sciences, “Oil-Gas” University, Ploiesti, Romania, 2005

Ph.D., Engineering, Technical University of Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, 2003

Advanced Studies, Petroleum Equipment for Offshore Production, “Oil-Gas” University, Ploiesti,Romania,1997

MS, Mechanical Engineering, “Oil-Gas” University, Ploiesti, Romania, 1996


Computer modeling and optimization

Well completion and workover

Drilling process and drilling equipment

Threaded connections modeling

Research

Threaded connection optimization

OCTG design and well integrity

Deep-Well Casing Integrity

Cement behaviour under extreme conditions

HPHT Cementing for Deep Gas Wells

Intelligent completion

Non conventional drilling methods

Lubrication in oil industry (thread compounds, mud additives)

Finite Element Simulation

Publication Topics

Teodoriu, C., Buttress Connection Resistance under Extreme Axial Compression Loads, Oil and GasMagazine, 4/2005, Volume 31, ISSN 0342-5622

Bello, O.O, Reinicke, K.M, Teodoriu, C. , Particle Holdup Profiles in Horizontal Gas-Liquid-Solid MultiphaseFlow Pipeline, Chemical Engineering &Technology, Vol 28, No. 12, November 2005, ISSN 0930-7516

Ulmanu, V., Teodoriu, C., Fatigue Life Prediction and Test Results of Casing Threaded Connection,Buletinul Asociatiei Romane de Mecanica Ruperii, ARMR, Nr. 17, Iluy 2005, ISSN 1453-8148

More than 20 Conference papers.

Awards and Honors

PETROM SA, Excellence scholarship best student, “Oil-Gas” University, Ploiesti, Romania ,1995-1996

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Peter P. ValkóAssociate Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Peter Valkó’s primary interest is stimulation of hydrocarbon producing wells. His activities involve design, optimization and evaluation of hydraulic fracturingoperations. He is an expert on the rheology of fracturing fluids with special emphasison foams, and he has recently published a textbook on hydraulic fracturing.

His broader fields of interest include mathematical modeling, identification andoptimization of processes involving fluid flow, elastic deformation, phase transitionand chemical kinetics.

In addition to his research, Dr. Valkó has taught for 20 years at the university level in the U.S., Austria, and Hungary;and he has conducted research in Russia.

Dr. Valkó is a member of the Well Completions Technical Committee of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and hasrecently been named to the editorial board of SPE Journal.

Education

PhD (Candidate of Sciences), Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk, USSR, 1981

Doctor technicus, Veszprem University of Chemical Engineering, Hungary, 1975

MS (Dipl. chemical engineer), Veszprem University of Chemical Engineering, Hungary, 1973

Publications

Dr. Valkó is the author of three books and two chapters in multi-author monographs. He has more than 25publications in peer-reviewed technical journals.


Modeling, identification, and optimization

Hydraulic Fracturing

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Robert A. Wattenbarger, P.E.Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Robert A. Wattenbarger has more than 35 years’ experience in the petroleum industry. Reservoir engineering and computer software have been his specialties,with emphasis on reservoir simulation and well test analysis. He was vice presidentof Scientific Software Corporation in Denver for 10 years after being involved in theformation of that company.

Education

PhD, Stanford University, 1967

MS, University of Tulsa, 1965

BS, University of Tulsa, 1958


Reservoir simulation

Gas engineering

Well test analysis

Thermal recovery

Research

Dr. Wattenbarger has three main areas of research: gas reservoir engineering emphasizing production and analysisof tight gas reservoirs, paraffin deposition in wellbores and in reservoirs, electromagnetic heating of reservoirs, andwell test analysis and well performance, in general. Research in these areas is centered around reservoir simulationtechniques and solutions.

Publication Topics

Dr. Wattenbarger’s SPE textbook, Gas Reservoir Engineering, co-authored with John Lee, was published in 1996.His recent papers have been in the area of gas reservoir engineering; past papers explored aquifer influencefunctions with applications mainly to Gulf Coast reservoirs, and real gas well test analysis including the effects ofwellbore storage and non-Darcy flow.

Dr. Wattenbarger has recently published several papers on paraffin deposition in wellbores and in reservoirs. Theyincluded using a new reservoir/wellbore simulator to study the effects of solution gas, natural cooling, and artificialheating, making this the first such simulation in the industry. This work was a follow-up of a number of papers that onelectrical (or electromagnetic) heating of oil wells, a pioneering technology that has proved to be only marginallyeconomical to date.

Dr. Wattenbarger has written a number of papers on reservoir simulation. Of particular interest was the industry’s first compositional simulator and simulation project on the Carson Creek gas cycling project. This was the first timethat comparative cases could be run for full and partial gas cycling, followed by blow-down.

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Darla-Jean WeatherfordLecturer

Ms. Darla-Jean Weatherford has taught technical writing and presentations for thedepartment since 1993. She also serves as the department’s informationrepresentative, producing the department's newsletter, the Reservoir, and fieldingand responding to questions about the department's history, events, and services.

Before joining this department, Ms. Weatherford taught technical writing in theMaster of Business Administration program and the Department of English for 3years. She has 12 years' experience teaching secondary school English and journalism. Her master's thesis indocument preparation for educational purposes gives her a unique background in technical writing and presentationsresearch. She also serves as a freelance technical editor and presentations designer.

Education

MS, Educational Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M University, 1989

BS, Education, Southwest Texas State University, 1972


Technical report writing and editing

Technical presentation design

Distance learning course design

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Ding ZhuAssistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Ding Zhu is an Assistant Professor at Petroleum Engineering Department at TexasA&M University. Before joint Texas A&M, she was a Research Scientist at TheUniversity of Texas at Austin. Since 1992, Dr. Ding Zhu has conducted and supervisedresearch projects in production engineering, well stimulation, and complex well-performance. Dr. Zhu is author of more than fifty technical papers, and a member ofSociety of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). Her research areas include productionengineering, well stimulation, and multilateral well technology.Dr. Zhu has developed several comprehensive computer software applications forproduction engineering, many of which have been adopted by industry sponsors. She developed the productionengineering software package, PPS, which has been widely used in teaching and in the field worldwide. She has alsotaught numerous short courses on well stimulation, well performance improvement, and horizontal/multilateral wells.

Education

BS, Mechanical Engineering, Beijing University of Science & Technology, 1982

MS, Petroleum Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1988

PhD, Petroleum Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1992

Research Areas

Design and evaluation of acidizing processes

Integrated production-log interpretation

Horizontal well completions and stimulation

Professional Activity

Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1986-current

Section Chairman, SPE Fifth International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Beijing, China, 1995

Program Committee and Section Chairman, SPE Sixth International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition,Beijing, China, 1998

Session Chairman, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 2003 and 2004

Program Committee, Production Optimization and Monitoring, SPE Annual Technical Conference andExhibition, 2003 and 2004

Program Committee, SPE Applied Technology Workshop—Hydraulic Fracturing, March, 2003

Program Chairman, SPE Austin Section, 2001-2002

Chairman, SPE Austin Section, 2002-2003

Scholarship Chairman, SPE Austin Section, 2003-2004

Honors

“Who’s Who in Science and Engineering,” 1998

“Who’s Who in American Women,” 1998

Distinguished Engineer, China National Offshore Oil Co., 1983-84

University Academic Awards, Beijing University of Science & Technology, 1980 and 1982

Publications

More than 50 publications and presentations

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Appendix B–Graduate Courses Offered

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602. Well Stimulation. (3-0). Credit 3. Design and analysis of well stimulation methods,including acidizing and hydraulic fracturing; causes and solutions to low well productivity.Prerequisite: Approval of graduate advisor.

603. Advanced Reservoir Engineering I. (3-0). Credit 3. Petroleum reservoir simulation basicsincluding solution techniques for explicit problems. Prerequisite: Approval of graduate advisor.

604. Advanced Reservoir Engineering II. (3-0). Credit 3. Advanced petroleum reservoirsimulation with generalized methods of solution for implicit problems. Prerequisites: PETE603; approval of graduate advisor.

605. Phase Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids. (3-0). Credit 3. Pressure, volume,temperature, composition relationships of petroleum reservoir fluids. Prerequisite: Approval ofgraduate advisor.

606. EOR Methods-Thermal. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamentals of enhanced oil recovery (EOR)methods and applications of thermal recovery methods. Prerequisites: PETE 323; approval ofgraduate advisor.

608. Well Logging Methods. (3-0). Credit 3. Well logging methods for determining nature andfluid content of formations penetrated by drilling. Development of computer models for loganalysis. Prerequisite: Approval of graduate advisor.

609. Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamentals and theory of enhancedoil recovery; polymer flooding, surfactant flooding, miscible gas flooding and steam flooding;application of fractional flow theory; strategies and displacement performance calculations.Prerequisites: PETE 323; approval of graduate advisor.

610. Numerical Simulation of Heat and Fluid Flow in Porous Media. (3-0). Credit 3.Various schemes available for the numerical simulation of heat and fluid flow in porous media.Application to hot water and steam flooding of heavy oil reservoirs and to various geothermalproblems. Prerequisites: PETE 604; approval of instructor or graduate advisor.

611. Application of Petroleum Reservoir Simulation. (3-0). Credit 3. Use of simulators tosolve reservoir engineering problems too complex for classical analytical techniques.Prerequisites: PETE 400 and 401; approval of graduate advisor.

613. Natural Gas Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Flow of natural gas in reservoirs and in wellbores and gathering systems; deliverability testing; production fore-casting and decline curves;flow measurement and compressor sizing. Prerequisites: PETE 323 and 324; approval ofgraduate advisor.

616. Engineering Near-Critical Reservoirs. (3-0). Credit 3. Identification of reservoir fluidtype; calculation of original gas in place, original oil in place, re-serves and future performanceof retrograde gas and volatile oil reservoirs. Prerequisite: PETE 323, 400, 401; approval ofgraduate advisor.

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617. Petroleum Reservoir Management. (3-0). Credit 3. The principles of reservoirmanagement and application to specific reservoirs based on case studies presented in thepetroleum literature. Prerequisites: Approval of graduate advisor.

618. Modern Petroleum Production. (3-0). Credit 3. An advanced treatment of modernpetroleum production engineering encompassing well deliverability from vertical, horizontal andmultilateral/multibranch wells; diagnosis of well performance includes elements of well testingand production logging; in this course the function of the production engineer is envisioned inthe context of well design, stimulation and artificial lift. Prerequisite: Approval of graduateadvisor.

620. Fluid Flow in Petroleum Reservoirs. (3-0). Credit 3. Analysis of fluid flow in boundedand unbounded reservoirs, wellbore storage, phase redistribution, finite and in-finite conductivityfractures; dual-porosity systems. Prerequisites: PETE 323; approval of graduate advisor.

621. Petroleum Development Strategy. (2-3). Credit 3. Applications of the variables, modelsand decision criteria used in modern petroleum development. The case approach will be used tostudy major projects such as offshore development and assisted recovery. Both commercial andstudent-prepared computer software will be used during the lab sessions to practice methods.Prerequisites: PETE 403; approval of graduate advisor.

622. Exploration and Production Evaluation. (2-3). Credit 3. Selected topics in oil industryeconomic evaluation including offshore bidding, project ranking and selection, capital budgeting,long-term oil and gas field development projects and incremental analysis for assisted recoveryand acceleration. Prerequisites: PETE 403; approval of graduate advisor.

623. Waterflooding. (3-0). Credit 3. Design, surveillance and project management of waterfloods in reservoirs. Prerequisites: PETE 323; approval of graduate advisor.

624. Rock Mechanic Aspects of Petroleum Reservoir Response. (3-0). Credit 3. Reservoirrocks and their physical behavior; porous media and fracture flow models; influence of rockdeformability, stress, fluid pressure and temperature. Prerequisites: PETE 604; approval ofgraduate advisor.

625. Well Control. (3-0). Credit 3. Theory of pressure control in drilling operations and duringwell kicks; abnormal pressure detection and fracture gradient determination; casing setting depthselection and advanced casing design; theory supplemented on well control simulators.Prerequisites: PETE 411; approval of graduate advisor.

626. Offshore Drilling. (3-0). Credit 3. Offshore drilling from fixed and floating drillingstructures; directional drilling including horizontal drilling; theory of deviation monitoring andcontrol. Prerequisites: PETE 411; approval of graduate advisor.

628. Horizontal Drilling. (3-0). Credit 3. Changing a wellbore from vertical to horizontal; long-and short-radius horizontal wells; bottom hole assemblies for achieving and maintaining control

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of inclination and direction; drilling fluids; torque and drag calculations; trans-port of drilledsolids. Prerequisites: PETE 411; approval of graduate advisor.

629. Advanced Hydraulic Fracturing. (3-0). Credit 3. Physical principles and engineeringmethods involved in hydraulic fracturing; an advanced treatise integrating the necessaryfundamentals from elasticity theory, fracture mechanics and fluid mechanics to understanddesigns, optimization and evaluate hydraulic fracturing treatments including special topics suchas high permeability fractur-ing and deviated well fracturing. Prerequisite: Approval ofgraduate advisor.

630. Geostatistics. (3-0). Credit 3. Introductory and advanced concepts in geostatistics forpetroleum reservoir characterization by integrating static (cores/logs/seismic traces) and dynamic(flow/transport) data; variograms and spatial correlations; regionalized variables; intrinsicrandom functions; kriging/cokriging; conditional simulation; non-Gaussian approaches.Prerequisites: Introductory course in statistics or PETE 322; approval of graduate advisor.

631. Petroleum Reservoir Description. (3-0). Credit 3. Engineering and geological evaluationtechniques to define the extent and internal character of a petroleum reservoir; estimatedepositional environment(s) during the formation of the sedimentary section and resulting effectson reservoir character. Prerequisites: PETE 324 and 620; approval of graduate advisor.

632. Physical and Engineering Properties of Rock. (3-3). Credits 4. Physical and engineeringproperties of rock and rock masses including strength, deformation, fluid flow, thermal andelectrical properties as a function of the subsurface temperature, in-situ stress, pore fluidpressure, and chemical environment; relationship of rock properties to logging, sitting and designof wells and structures in rock. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor of graduate advisor.

633. Data Integration for Petroleum Reservoirs. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduction and applicationof techniques that can be used to incorporate dynamic reservoir behavior into stochastic reservoircharacterizations; dynamic data in the form of pressure transient tests, tracer tests, multiphaseproduction histories or interpreted 4-D seismic information. Prerequisites: PETE 620 and STAT601; approval of instructor or graduate advisor.

634. Petroleum Reservoir Modeling and Data Analysis. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduction methodsfor modeling and integration of reservoir data required to apply these methods; emphasizes theintegration of geological information into these models.

648. Pressure Transient Testing. (3-0). Credit 3. Diffusivity equation and solutions for slightlycompressible liquids; dimensionless variables; type curves; applications of solutions to buildup,drawdown, multi-rate, interference, pulse and deliverability tests; extensions to multiphase flow;analysis of hydraulically fractured wells. Prerequisites: PETE 324 and 620; approval ofgraduate advisor.

661. Drilling Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduction to drilling systems: wellbore hydraulics;identification and solution of drilling problems; well cementing; drilling of directional and

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horizontal wells; wellbore surveying abnormal pore pressure, fracture gradients, well control;offshore drilling, underbalanced drilling.

662. Production Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Development of fundamental skills for the designand evaluation of well completions, monitoring and management of the producing well, selectionand design of article lift methods, modeling and design of surface facilities.

663. Formation Evaluation and the Analysis of Reservoir Performance. (3-0). Credit 3.Current methodologies used in geological description/analysis, formation evaluation (theanalysis/interpretation of well log data), and the analysis of well performance data (thedesign/analysis/interpretation of well test and production data); specifically, the assessment offield performance data and the optimization of hydrocarbon recovery byanalysis/interpretation/integration of geologic, well log, and well performance data. Prerequisite:Approval of instructor or graduate classification.

664. Petroleum Project Evaluation and Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduction to oilindustry economics, including reserves estimation and classification, building and using reservoirmodels, developing and using reservoir management processes, managing new and mature fields,and investment ranking and selections.

665. Petroleum Reservoir Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Reservoir description techniques usingpetrophysical and fluid properties; engineering methods to determine fluids in place, identifyproduction-drive mechanisms, and forecast reservoir performance; implementation of pressure-maintenance schemes and secondary recovery. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor or graduateclassification.

666. Conservation Theory and Applications in Petroleum Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3.Includes formulation, modeling, and interpretation of drilling fluid systems, production systems,tracer testing, hydraulic fracturing, EOR/water flooding, polymer flooding, compositionalsimulation, thermal recovery, and coal-bed methane production; Mathematics as thesymbolic/numeric computing platform.

681. Seminar. Credit 1 each semester. Study and presentation of papers on recent developmentsin petroleum technology. Prerequisite: Approval of graduate advisor.

685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 12 each semester. Offered to enable students to undertakeand complete limited investigations not within their thesis research and not covered inestablished curricula. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; approval of instructor or graduateadvisor.

689. Special Topics in. Credit 1 to 4. Special topics in an identified area of petroleumengineering. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor or graduateadvisor.

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691. Research. Credit 1 or more each semester. Advanced work on some special problemwithin field of petroleum engineering. Thesis course. Prerequisite: Approval of committee orgraduate advisor.

692. Professional Study. Credit 1 to 12. Approved professional study or project. May be takenmore than once but not to exceed 6 hours of credit towards a degree. Prerequisite: Approval ofgraduate advisor.

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Petroleum Engineering 602Well Stimulation

Fall 2005

Instructor: Dr. Stephen A. HolditchOffice: RICH 507Phone: 845-2255e-mail: [email protected] Hrs: Everyday–Check with Kathy BeladiWeb site: webct.tamu.eduClass Location: RICH 302

Lectures: Monday and Wednesday 4:35–5:50 pm

Books: Gidley, J. L. et al.: Recent Advances in Hydraulic Fracturing, SPE Monograph No 12 Economides, Hill and Economides: Petroleum Production Systems

Final Examination: December 12–Monday, 3:30–5:30 pm

Grading Policy:Term paper 30 %Class project 30 %Homework 0 %Final Examination 40 %

COMMENTS1. I will be providing class notes in pdf format for each class period using WebCT.2. We will be using SPE Monograph 12 as the main text book. Reading the chapters in this book prior to class

will be helpful to understanding the course notes.3. You can also benefit from reading Petroleum Production Systems.4. We will be using FracCADE from Schlumberger. I will provide you with the program.5. We will be programming using Microsoft Excel6. The final exam will be held on December 12, a Monday from 1530–1730 hours. It will be an open book exam.7. Each student will need to write a term paper. I will provide a list of topics after I find out more about the

students who have enrolled in the class.8. I want every student to design a fracture treatment on a real well during the class as a class project.9. Homework problems will be handed out periodically. You must do the homework but it will not be counted as

part of your grade. Your grade will be derived from your term paper, your class design project and your finalexam.

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COURSE SCHEDULE

* Class may go to 7:00 pm to make up for no class days

Date Time Topic ReadingAug 29 No classAug 31 4:35–5:50 Introduction and Tight

ReservoirsM12–Ch 1

Sept 5 4:35–5:50 Geologic Considerations M12–Ch 2Sept 7 4:35–5:50 Formation Evaluation M12–Ch 2, PapersSept 12 4:35–5:50 Fracture Mechanics * M12–Ch 3, 16Sept 14 No classSept 19 4:35–5:50 Developing Data Sets* PapersSept 21 No classSept 26 4:35–5:50 Developing Data Sets PapersSept 28 4:35–5:50 In situ Stress Testing* M12–Ch 3, PapersOct 3 No classOct 5 4:35–5:50 Fracture Modeling* M12–Ch 4Oct 10 No classOct 12 No classOct 17 4:35–5:50 Fracture Modeling M12–Ch 4Oct 19 4:35–5:50 Fracture Modeling M12–Ch 5Oct 24 4:35–5:50 Fracture Fluids* M12–Ch 7, 8Oct 26 4:35–5:50 Fluid Additives M12–Ch 9Oct 31 4:35–5:50 Propping Agents M12–Ch 6, 10Nov 2 4:35–5:50 Treatment Design M12–Ch 11Nov 7 4:35–5:50 Treatment Design M12–PapersNov 9 4:35–5:50 Treatment Optimization M12–Ch 17Nov 14 4:35–5:50 Treatment Execution M12–Ch 13Nov 16 4:35–5:50 Quality Control PapersNov 21 4:35–5:50 New Technology PapersNov 23 No classNov 28 4:35–5:50 Post-Fracture Analyses M12–Ch 14Nov 30 4:35–5:50 Post-Fracture Analyses M12–Ch 15Dec 12 3:30–5:30 Estimating Reserves Final Exam

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results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.4. MULTIPLE SUBMISSION: Submitting substantial portions of the same work (including oral reports) for credit

more than once without authorization from the instructor of the class for which the student submits the work.5. PLAGIARISM: The appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving

appropriate credit.6. COMPLICITY: Intentionally or knowingly helping, or attempting to help, another to commit an act of

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As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, words, writings, etc., which belongto another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of anotherperson and turn it in as your own, even is you should have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one of theworst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannot be safelycommunicated.

If you have any questions regarding plagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&M University StudentRules, http://student-rules.tamu.edu, under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."

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Petroleum Engineering 603— Basic Reservoir SimulationSyllabus and Administrative Procedures

Fall 2005

Instructor:

Instructor: Dr. Robert Wattenbarger Office: RICH 619Lecture: MWF 8:00-9:00 a.m. RICH 302 (see schedule)Office Hours: tba (or by appointment)Phone: (979) 845-0173e-mail: [email protected]

Texts:

1. PETE 603 notes, chapters 1-8 [on web page]2. Chapter 11 of SPE Gas Reservoir Engineering by Lee & Wattenbarger [on web page]3. SPE Monograph 13, Reservoir Simulation

Reference Materials:

1. Course materials for this semester (including old exams, etc) are located at:

http://pumpjack.tamu.edu/~barger/PETE603_Wattenbarger/

2. Plus other handouts in class.

Basis for Grade:

Homework, including special project ..........................................25%Exams A & B...............................................................................40%Exam C……………....................................................................25%Class Participation/attitude/Pop Quizzes .....................................10%

total = 100%

Grade Cutoffs: (Percentages)

A: < 90 B: 89.99 to 80 C: 79.99 to 70 D: 69.99 to 60 F: < 59.99

Policies and Procedures:

1. Students are expected to attend class every session.2. Students are expected to take notes3. Policy on Grading

a. It shall be the general policy for this course that homework, quizzes, and exams shall be graded on thebasis of answers only— partial credit, if given, is given solely at the discretion of the instructor.

b. All work requiring calculations shall be properly and completely documented for credit.c. All grading shall be done by the instructor, or under his direction and supervision, and the decision of

the instructor is final.4. Policy on Regrading

a. Only in very rare cases will exams be considered for regrading; e.g., when the total number of pointsdeducted is not consistent with the assigned grade. Partial credit (if any) is not subject to appeal.

b. Work which, while possibly correct, but cannot be followed, will be considered incorrect — and willnot be considered for a grade change.

c. Grades assigned to homework problems will not be considered for regrading.

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d. If regrading is necessary, the student is to submit a letter to the instructor explaining the situation thatrequires consideration for regrading, the material to be regraded must be attached to this letter. Theletter and attached material must be received within one week from the date returned by the instructor.

5. The grade for a late assignment is zero. Homework will be considered late if it is not turned in at the startof class on the due date. If a student comes to class after homework has been turned in and after class hasbegun, the student's homework will be considered late and given a grade of zero. Late or not, allassignments must be turned in. A course grade of Incomplete will be given if any assignment is missing,and this grade will be changed only after all required work has been submitted.

6. Each student should review the University Regulations concerning attendance, grades, and scholasticdishonesty. In particular, anyone caught cheating on an examination or collaborating on an assignmentwhere collaboration is not specifically allowed will be removed from the class roster and given an F(failure grade) in the course.

Course Description

This course includes basic equations, derivations and underlying principles used in developing reservoirsimulators. The chapters in the class notes will be followed.

Prerequisites by Topic

Differential and integral calculus.Ordinary and partial differential equations.Fluid dynamics and heat transfer.Reservoir fluid properties.Reservoir petrophysics.

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Petroleum Engineering 604— Advanced Reservoir SimulationSyllabus and Administrative Procedures

Spring 2006

Instructor:Instructor: Dr. Robert Wattenbarger Office: RICH 619Lecture: MWF 8:00-9:00 a.m. RICH 302 (see schedule)Office Hours: tba (or by appointment)Phone: (979) 845-0173e-mail: [email protected]

Texts:1. PETE 604 notes, chapters 1-6 [on web page]2. Chapter 11 of SPE Gas Reservoir Engineering by Lee & Wattenbarger [on web page]3. SPE Monograph 13, Reservoir Simulation

Reference Materials:1. Course materials for this semester (including old exams, etc) are located at:

http://pumpjack.tamu.edu/~barger/PETE603_Wattenbarger/2. Plus other handouts in class.

Basis for Grade:Homework, including special project ..........................................25%Exams A & B...............................................................................40%Exam C……………....................................................................25%Class Participation/attitude/Pop Quizzes .....................................10%

total = 100%

Grade Cutoffs: (Percentages)A: < 90 B: 89.99 to 80 C: 79.99 to 70 D: 69.99 to 60 F: < 59.99

Policies and Procedures:1. Students are expected to attend class every session.2. Students are expected to take notes3. Policy on Grading






c. Grades assigned to homework problems will not be considered for regrading.d. If regrading is necessary, the student is to submit a letter to the instructor explaining the situation that

requires consideration for regrading, the material to be regraded must be attached to this letter. Theletter and attached material must be received within one week from the date returned by the instructor.


6. Each student should review the University Regulations concerning attendance, grades, and scholasticdishonesty. In particular, anyone caught cheating on an examination or collaborating on an assignment

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where collaboration is not specifically allowed will be removed from the class roster and given an F(failure grade) in the course.

Course DescriptionThis course includes basic equations, derivations and underlying principles used in developing reservoirsimulators. The chapters in the class notes will be followed.

Prerequisites by Topic Differential and integral calculus. Ordinary and partial differential equations. Fluid dynamics and heat transfer. Reservoir fluid properties. Reservoir petrophysics.

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PETE 605Phase Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids

Spring 2004

Instructor: Dr. Maria A. BarrufetPhone: 5-0314e-mail: [email protected] B Richardson - Office Hours: TBA

Course OutlineModule 1: Phase Behavior Fundamentals. Review of Relevant ThermodynamicsEstimated duration = 2 weeksConcepts and Definitions.Volumetric and phase behavior of pure substances.Phase Diagrams.Volumetric and phase behavior of binary systems. Phase diagrams (P-V, P-T, P-x, y-x). Phase EquilibriaRepresentation.Ternary Diagrams.Multicomponent systems. Classification of reservoir fluids based on phase diagrams, PVT and production data.

Module 2: Oil and Gas Properties from Correlations–Conventional PVT Measurements in the PetroleumIndustryEstimated duration = 2 weeksReview and definition of oil and gas properties used in reservoir engineering.Standard PVT tests, Differential Liberation, Constant Composition Expansion, Constant Volume Depletion (CVD),Swelling Tests, Minimum Miscibility Pressure (MMP), Separator Tests.Determination of Compositions.Viscosity Correlations. Evaluation of Oil Viscosity Using Corresponding States models and Black Oil Models.Introduction to the use of PVTSim Software.

Module 3: Generalized Phase Equilibria Models. Low Pressure Phase Equilibrium. Petroleum EngineeringApplications in Separation Processes.Estimated duration = 3 weeksThe Principle of Corresponding States. Correlations and Models.Extension of Corresponding States to Mixtures.Thermodynamic Properties of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Systems.Phase Equilibrium: Vapor-Liquid-Equilibrium (VLE), Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium (LLE), Solid-Liquid-Equilibrium(SLE).Phase Equilibrium Models: Single Components. Reduced Equations of State (EOS.)Phase Equilibrium Models: Multicomponent Systems.Mixing Rules. Types of VLE Computations: Dew Point and Bubble Point Calculations. Multiphase Flash.Low Pressure Phase Equilibria Computations (Surface Separators).Ideal Systems.K-value correlations. Empirical methods to determine equilibrium ratios (K-values)

Module 4: High Pressure Phase Equilibrium. Petroleum Engineering Applications in CompositionalReservoir SimulationEstimated duration = 3 weeksHigh Pressure Phase Equilibria Applications (Reservoir)Equations of State Models (EOS). Cubic EOS. Root Selection.Evaluation of Fugacity Coefficients from Equations of State. (Soave Redlich-Kwong, Peng and Robinson).Generalization to any EOS.Evaluation of Phase Boundaries (Dew and Bubble Points) and Flash Equilibrium with EOS. Tuning of Equations ofState (EOS).

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Module 5: Phase Behavior in Systems Containing Water. Low Temperature (Gas Hydrates) and HighTemperature (Steam Flooding Applications)Estimated duration = 2 weeksGas Hydrates Chemistry and Properties. Evaluation of Gas Hydrate Formation Pressure and Temperature. HydrateInhibition Procedures.Formulation of Three-Phase Flash Problems (V-L1-L2). V=vapor, L1= hydrocarbon rich liquid phase and L2=aqueous liquid phase. Evaluation of Phase Equilibria when: (1) Solubility of Hydrocarbons in L2 and Water in L1is Ignored, (2) Solubility of Water in L1 is considered, solubility of hydrocarbons in L2 is ignored, (3) All MutualSolubilities are Considered.

Module 6 Heavy Oil Fractions: Hydrocarbon Characterization Procedures–Wax Formation and InhibitionEstimated duration = 2 weeksFluid Characterization of the Hydrocarbon Plus Fraction ( C7

+ ). True Boiling Point Tests (TBP), Viscosity, andSpecific Gravity.Estimation Methods for Critical Properties. Characterization Factors.Splitting and Lumping Schemes of Petroleum Fractions.Modeling of Wax Deposition in Pipelines.Computation of Viscosity of Oil-Wax Suspensions.Wax Inhibitors.

Main ReferencesLecture Notes from Maria Barrufet (MAB)The Properties of Petroleum Fluids–William McCain Jr. Pennwell (1990)–(WM)Properties of Oils and Natural Gases–Pedersen et al. (PFT)Phase Behavior SPE Monograph 20–Curtis Whitson and Michael Brule–(CW)Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior–Tarek Ahmed–Gulf Publishing Co. (1989). (TA)Selected Papers from the SPE and other Journals. (SPE/J)Selected Internet sites to be announced. (I)

Notes from the InstructorAbout reference materialsYou do not need to purchase any of these reference materials, although it would be wise to have WM and CW onhand. Class notes and handouts will be available from the internet or from a public directory in “pe” to be announced.Selected portions of reference books will be available for reproduction.SPE papers can be retrieved from the Image Library online–instructions included in file SPE library.docOther papers, from other Journals, can be found in the library. The number of these will be limited.

Grading Policy10% Homework and Discussions from a HW bank.30% Exam 1–In class30% Exam 2–Take Home30% Final Project Using PVTSim

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PETE 606EOR Methods–Thermal Processes in Petroleum Engineering

Fall 2005

Instructor: Dr. Daulat D. MamoraAssociate ProfessorHarold Vance Dept. of Petroleum EngineeringTexas A&M Universitye-mail: [email protected]. 845 2962Office: R709; Ramey Lab (R508)

References(1) PETE 606 class-notes(2) Prats, M.: “Thermal Recovery,” SPE Monograph Vol. 7, 1982(3) SPE papers, etc

Grade basisHomework 30%Mid-term exam 35%Final exam 35%

Computer programmingMost of the homework assignments/exams will involve computer programming that may be done using MicrosoftVBA, or Fortran, etc. In practically all cases, results would be shown in graphical form using computer graphicssoftware.

SimulationThere will be class homework and a project that require the use of a thermal simulator (e.g. CMG STARS). Tutorialmaterial will be provided to enable you to run the simulator.

Office hoursPlease do not hesitate to visit with me if you have any questions or need advice on the course work. Office hoursare 2:00–4:00 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays. However, you can see me any other time if I am available.

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COURSE OUTLINE

1. Introduction1.1 Thermal Processes in petroleum engineering

Hot water injection Steam injection In-situ combustion

2. Heat transport in concentric systems2.1 Modes of heat transport2.2 Heat conduction in concentric systems2.3 Heat transport in injection and production wells

3. Steam injection3.1 Process description3.2 “Screening guidelines”3.3 Thermal properties of steam and rocks3.4 Steamflood models

Marx-Langenheim Jones Gomma DOE Numerical simulation–Shutler and Coats

3.5 Cyclic steam injection model Boberg-Lantz

3.6Project evaluation Project design Economic evaluation Field case study

4. In-situ combustion4.1 Process description

Dry forward combustion, wet combustion, reverse combustion4.2 Kinetics of in-situ combustion4.3 In-situ combustion models

Nelson Crookston et al. Ramey

4.4 Project evaluation Project design Economic evaluation Field case study

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PETE 608Spring, 2006 Syllabus

Instructor informationDr. Jerry L. Jensen Rm 407E, Richardson Bldg

Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX 77843-3116Tel. (979) 845 2206 Fax (979) 845 1307Email [email protected]

TextsLog Interpretation Principles/Applications, Schlumberger, 1989 (LIPA)Log Interpretation Charts, Schlumberger, 1997/8

Other resourcesWebsites: www.halliburton.com/hes

www.slb.com/Hub/index.cfm?id=idhub1236this is the Oilfield Review site for articles in PDF.

Course overviewIt is assumed each student has experience of conventional open-hole well log evaluation, interpreting logsfor lithology, porosity, and water saturation, in clean formations. After a brief review, four topics will bestudied: shaly sands, electromagnetic measurements, nuclear measurements, and logging in deviated wells.A report will form an important part of the course, allowing students to investigate topics not covered bythe course lectures (e.g., overpressure detection using logs, evaluation of thinly-bedded formations, andevaluation of unconventional reservoirs using well logs). Documentation includes Schlumberger chart andinterpretation books, course notes, and articles from the wider literature, including Oilfield Review (OFR)and Petrophysics (PET).

EvaluationExams (2) 40%Report 30%Presentation 20%Homework 10%

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Course Breakdown

Module Lesson # Subject Readings

1 Introduction: objectives, measurement types Chaps 1-2 LIPA

2 Introduction: logging costs1

3 Introduction: review of basic tools andprocedures

Chaps 3, 5, and 7 LIPA

4 Shaly sands: clay types and characterization Chap 8 LIPA

5 Shaly sands: effects on formation properties AAPG Course Notes Series #31;2

6 Shaly sands: interpretation models Log Analyst 1985, p. 23 ff

7 Logging in highly-deviated wells: problems Petroleum Well Construction, Ch. 4

8 Wireline equipment and procedures OFR Autumn ’04, p. 30 ff.3

9 Logging in highly-deviated wells: LWDequipment and procedures

Petroleum Well Construction, Ch. 4

10 Electromagnetic measurements:electromagnetic properties of rocks

Chap 8 LIPA

11 Electromagnetic measurements: low-frequencymethods

OFR July '92, p. 22ff; OFR Spring '97, p.40ff

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12 Electromagnetic measurements: high-frequencymethods

Chap 9 LIPA

13 Nuclear measurements: neutron-basedmeasurements

OFR Jan. ’94; OFR Oct. ‘94

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14 Nuclear measurements: magnetic resonancetools

OFR Autumn '95, p. 19ff; OFR Summer'97, p. 34ff; OFR Autumn 2000

6 Report presentations

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“Aggies do not lie, cheat, or steal, nor do they tolerate those who do.” Instances of scholastic dishonesty will be treated in accordance with Section 20 of the TAMU Student Rules. Please inform yourself on the student rulesregarding cheating, plagiarism, fabrication of information, conspiracy at the new website:www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor/.

The materials used in this course are copyrighted. These materials include but are not limited to syllabi, quizzes,exams, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials arecopyrighted, you do not have the right to copy the handouts, unless permission is expressly granted.

As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one’s own the ideas, words, writings, etc., which belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of anotherperson and turn it in as your own, even is you should have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one of theworst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannot be safelycommunicated. If you have any questions regarding plagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&MUniversity Student Rules, http://student-rules.tamu.edu, under the section “Scholastic Dishonesty.”

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PETE 609ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PROCESSES

Miscible, Chemical, and Thermal

InstructorDr. Maria A. BarrufetPetroleum Engineering DepartmentTexas A&M Universitye-mail: [email protected] Information: 979.845.0314Office: Rooms 407B Richardson BuildingOffice Hours: Tuesday and Thursday after class or by appointment

Course Description:Fundamentals and theory of enhanced oil recovery; polymer flooding, surfactant flooding, miscible gas flooding andsteam flooding; application of fractional flow theory; strategies and displacement performance calculations.Prerequisites: PETE 323.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

Class Schedule (Face to Face):Tuesday and Thursday 2:20 PM–3:35 AMRichardson 302

Grading:Your final grade in PETE 609 is based on your individual performance and your participation as a team member. Allstudents are expected to participate in class. Your participation is important to the success of the course as much ofthe learning will occur in collaboration with your classmates. The homework assignments and threaded discussionsare ways you can demonstrate you have mastered lesson objectives, and will help prepare you for the exam. Allassignments should be completed on schedule. The following is the grading policy

GRADING SUMMARY PETE 609Assessment PercentagePaper Reviews 15%Participation & Homework 15%Mid-Term Examination–In class TBA 35%Final Project–Written Report @ Oral Presentation 35%Total 100%

GUIDELINES FOR PAPER REVIEWIt should take no more than one page to summarize a typical paper. Some papers may require more; use your ownjudgment. Learn to be concise and to state briefly the essential ideas communicated.

USUAL ORGANIZATION OF A REVIEW (adapted from Dr. John Lee) Authors, title. Use the SPE standard reference style. (You can find it in the SPE Guide to Publications,

which is on the web at http://www.spe.org) Problem. Briefly, describe the problem the authors are trying to solve. Solution. Describe the solution the authors propose. Did they propose a specific method to recover

additional oil, do they discuss data required, limitations, do they analyze performance? What is it? Value. Describe the value of the authors’ solution to the petroleum industry. Conclusions. Describe the conclusions the authors reached as a result of their analysis Approach. Describe what the authors did to validate their proposed solution. Limitations. List the limitations of the work. Is it applicable to only a certain type of reservoir or field?

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Application. How would you apply the knowledge provided in this paper? Critique. What questions did the authors leave unanswered? What could the authors have done to make the

paper better?

OBJECTIVES FOR REVIEWING PAPERS IN THIS CLASS To learn how to learn from papers (harder than textbooks, but more important in the long run) To learn how to identify the really important ideas in papers To learn how to summarize ideas concisely To learn how engineers with vastly different points of view think and how they approach problems and

their solutions

ACCESSING AND DOWNLOADING PAPERSStudents on campus:

Go to library.tamu.edu Search for SPE. Click the link to SPE. Look for your ID and Password in the lower part of the page. Follow the instructions for logging into the SPE library. If/when the password changes, the change will beposted on the library’s SPE link.

Distance-learning students: Log into My Portal on the library.tamu.edu Web site using your NetIDs (the same ID and password you use

for WebCT). Any student can use My Portal to access the TAMU library---and the SPE library---from anywhere. In My Portal, you can set up My Journals so you do not have to search for SPE every time. All you have to

do is click the book icon next to the link; this works for all the resources in the library. Once you link toSPE, it works the same as on campus.

Academic Integrity Syllabus Statement“An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.”

All syllabi shall contain a section that states the Aggie Honor Code and refers the student to the Honor CouncilRules and Procedures on the webhttp://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor

It is further recommended that instructors print the following on assignments and examinations:

“On my honor, as an Aggie, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this academic work.”

__________________________________Signature of Student

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy StatementThe following ADA Policy Statement (part of the Policy on Individual Disabling Conditions) was submitted to theUCC by the Department of Student Life. The policy statement was forwarded to the Faculty Senate for information.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal antidiscrimination statue that provides comprehensive civilrights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students withdisabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. Ifyou believe that you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life,Services for Students with Disabilities in Room 126 of the Koldus Building, or call 845-1637.

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Course Contents GeneralModule 1: General EOR - Reservoir EngineeringCourse OverviewDefinition of ReservesEnvironmental and Economics Aspects of EOR MethodsDisplacement FundamentalsReservoir Engineering Concepts for EORIntroduction to Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods (EOR)Factors Affecting Oil RecoveryComparative Performance of Different EOR MethodsScreening Criteria and Technical ConstraintsDefinitions: Mobility Ratios, Sweeping Efficiencies, Recovery Efficiencies, Trapped Oil SaturationPhase Behavior and Fluid PropertiesExercisesSuggested Reading [1]

key for references and reading assignments in detailed syllabus with downloadable material

Module: 2 Miscible ProcessesGeneral Overview of Solvent MethodsPhase Behavior Fundamentals from: Pressure/Temperature and Pressure/Composition DiagramsQuantitative Representation of Phase Equilibria Processes: Gas Injection and ProductionTernary Diagrams to Represent Gas Injection Processes: Miscible and Immiscible ProcessesMechanisms of Oil Displacement. Diffusion and DispersionHydrocarbon Miscible Displacement

First Contact Miscible ProcessesThe Condensing-Gas ProcessThe Vaporizing-Gas Process

Minimum Miscibility Pressure (MMP)Carbon Dioxide FloodingDissipation in Miscible DisplacementsInstability Phenomena (viscous fingering)Simulation Models as Reservoir Management Tools.Exercises

Module 3: Chemical and Polymer FloodingFractional Flow TheoryDissipation in Immiscible DisplacementsApplications of Fractional Flow in Oil Recovery Calculations

Homogeneous Reservoirs: Buckley-Leverett. One-dimensional displacementLayered Reservoirs: Styles, Dykstra-Parsons and Johnson Methods.

Improved Waterflooding Processes: Polymer FloodingRheology of Polymer SolutionsPolymer Adsorption and RetentionMicellar-Polymer or Microemulsion FloodingProperties of Surfactants and CosurfactantsSurfactant-Brine-Oil Phase BehaviorPerformance EvaluationDetermination of Residual Oil Saturation-TracersLaboratory Tests for Chemical FloodsExercises

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Module 4: Thermal ProcessesSteam Injection ProcessesCyclic and Continuous Steam InjectionThermal Properties of Fluids and SolidsSteam Properties: Flow Rate and Quality Measurements.Temperature Effect on Reservoir and Fluid Properties

Viscosity ReductionThermal Expansion

Oil Characterization for Thermal Reservoir SimulationEvaluation of Heat LossesPrediction of Steam Flood Performance

Cyclic Steam Performance: Marx-Langenheim model.Steamflood Performance: Gomaa’s Method. Correlations.

Exercises

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING— TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYDEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

Proposed Course Syllabus (Use 15 weeks as a standard semester)

Course Number/Name: PETE 610— Numerical Simulation of Heat and Fluid Flow in Porous MediaHours: Theory 3 Practice -0- Total 3 Credits 3Prerequisites: Graduate Classification; PETE 604; approval of instructor

Curricula requiring this course: [ ] None, it will be elective. (This is a "core curriculum" course in PETE)

1. M.S. PETE 3. Ph.D. PETE 5.2. M.Eng. PETE 4. D.Eng. PETE 6.

Description of Course (Concise statement of purpose or design.): (50 words or less)

Various schemes available for the numerical simulation of heat and fluid flow in porous media.Application of hot water and steam flooding of heavy oil reservoirs and to various geothermal problems.

Course Instructor/Supervisor:

Dr. Robert Wattenbarger Office: Rm. 619 Richardson BuildingTel. (979) 845-0173 e-mail: [email protected]

Miscellaneous:

ABET Classification: Science: Design: Math: Other:Laboratory Requirements: Yes: No: xEquipment Required: None

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy StatementThe following ADA Policy Statement (part of the Policy on Individual Disabling Conditions) was submittedto the UCC by the Department of Student Life. The policy Statement was forwarded to the Faculty Senatefor information.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal antidiscrimination statute that provides comprehensive civilrights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students withdisabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities.If you believe that you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life,Services for Students with Disabilities in Room 126 of the Koldus Building, or call 845-1637.

Coursework Copyright Statement: (Texas A&M University Policy Statement)

Suggested for Inclusion in Your First Day Handout or Syllabus

The handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts," this means all materials generat-ed for this class,which include but are not limited to syllabi, quizzes, exams, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, andadditional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to copy them, unlessyou are expressly granted permission.

As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one’s own the ideas, words, writings, etc., that belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another personand turn it in as your own, even if you should have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one of the worstacademic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannot be safelycommunicated.

If you have any questions about plagiarism and/or copying, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&MUniversity Student Rules, under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."

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Petroleum Engineering 611— Applied Reservoir SimulationSyllabus and Administrative Procedures

Spring 2005

Instructor:Instructor: Dr. Robert Wattenbarger Office: RICH 619Lecture: MWF 8:00-9:00 a.m. RICH 302 (see schedule)Office Hours: tba (or by appointment)Phone: (979) 845-0173e-mail: [email protected]

Texts:1. PETE 611 notes, chapters 1-6 [on web page]2. Chapter 11 of SPE Gas Reservoir Engineering by Lee & Wattenbarger [on web page]3. SPE Monograph 13, Reservoir Simulation

Reference Materials:1. Course materials for this semester (including old exams, etc) are located at:

http://pumpjack.tamu.edu/~barger/PETE603_Wattenbarger/2. Plus other handouts in class.

Basis for Grade:Homework, including special project ..........................................25%Exams A & B...............................................................................40%Exam C……………....................................................................25%Class Participation/attitude/Pop Quizzes .....................................10%

total = 100%


Policies and Procedures:1. Students are expected to attend class every session.2. Students are expected to take notes3. Policy on Grading







requires consideration for regrading, the material to be regraded must be attached to this letter. Theletter and attached material must be received within one week from the date returned by the instructor.


6. Each student should review the University Regulations concerning attendance, grades, and scholasticdishonesty. In particular, anyone caught cheating on an examination or collaborating on an assignment

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where collaboration is not specifically allowed will be removed from the class roster and given an F(failure grade) in the course.

Course DescriptionThis course includes basic equations, derivations and underlying principles used in developing reservoirsimulators. The chapters in the class notes will be followed.

Prerequisites by Topic Differential and integral calculus. Ordinary and partial differential equations. Fluid dynamics and heat transfer. Reservoir fluid properties. Reservoir petrophysics.

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Unconventional Oil and Gas ReservoirsPetroleum Engineering 612

Syllabus and Administrative ProceduresFall 2005

Class Meetings: T, R; 8:00–9:15 a.m., RICH 302Instructor:Walter B. Ayers , PhDRICH 401M(979) [email protected] Hours: M: 3:00-4:00 p.m.; Th.: 3:00-4:00 p.m.; other hours by appt.

Guest Lecturers may be invited to present specific topics

As we deplete conventional oil and gas reserves, “unconventional” energy resources are increasingly important to US and international energy supplies. For example, in 1999, coal beds, shales, and low-permeability (tight)sandstones, combined, accounted for approximately 23% of the U.S. natural gas supply, and U.S. coalbedmethane production exceeded 1.25 trillion cubic ft (6.6% of the total U.S. gas production). Internationally, thereare tremendous heavy oil resources in Eastern Venezuela, Western Canada, and other areas, and we are justbeginning to exploit these resources. Many unconventional reservoirs have low matrix permeability and naturalfractures may contribute to economic production. Therefore, optimal development of many unconventionalreservoirs requires knowledge of the optimal completions and stimulation methods for low-permeabilityreservoirs, as well as understanding of the role of natural fractures in fluid flow. Finally, the increaseddependence on natural gas for generation of electricity in the U.S. necessitates increased storage capacity nearconsumers to meet peak demands. Thus, understanding of the geologic and engineering aspects of gas storagereservoirs is vital for optimum resource management. The objectives of this course are to familiarize studentswith the unique aspects of unconventional gas and oil reservoirs, including their (1) economic significance(2) geologic occurrences, (3) controls on production, (4) drilling and completion practices, (5) reservoirmanagement, and (6) present activity.

Text and Materials: There is no assigned textbook. Materials will come from a variety of reports, published texts,and papers. Some reference materials and reading assignments will be handed out, placed on a website, or referredto by location.

Selected References: “Geologic Analysis of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs,” 2nd ed., Gulf Publishing Company,

Boston, 2001. “A Guide to Coalbed Methane Operations,” Gas Research Institute, GRI, Chicago, 1992. “Hydrocarbons from Coal,” American Association of Petroleum Geologists Studies in Geology

#38, Tulsa, 1993. “Geology of Tight Gas Reservoirs,” American Association ofPetroleum

Geologists Studies in Geology #24, Tulsa, 1986. “Gas Hydrate Resources of the United States,” U.S. Geological Survey, Denver. “Underground Storage of Fluids,” Ulrick Books, Inc., Ann Arbor

Basis for Grades:Presentation20 percentReport ................................................................................................................. 20 percentHomework, Quizzes, Critiques, and Other Assignments............................................ 25 percentMidterm Examination (October 27; in class).............................................................. 15 percentFinal Examination (December 12, 1:00-3:00 p.m.) .................................................... 15 percentParticipation............................................................................................................... 5 percent

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Student Papers and Presentations (SUBJECT TO REVISION)Students will write one paper, make a presentation, and lead a class discussion on a topic covered in this course.Topics must be submitted for approval by 23 September, and preliminary outlines are due 7 October. Presentationswill be PowerPoint format. Following the presentation, the presenters will lead a discussion of the presentation topicfor the rest of that class period. Students will submit an electronic (or CD) and a paper copy of their slides beforetheir presentation begins. We will schedule presentations to be given during class periods, beginning the week of24 October (?). Papers will be written in SPE or AAPG style and will be at least 15 pages of double-spaced text, inaddition to figures. Students will submit written papers in hard copy and CD (scanned or PowerPoint figures) nolater than one week after the presentation. All student presentation and papers will be posted and available to allclass students.

CritiquesDuring the semester, students may be asked to write one-page critical reviews of published articles pertinent to theclass material.

Policies and Procedures1. Students are expected to attend every class.2. All work shall be done in a professional manner; work shall be as complete as possible.3. Policy on Grading

a. Homework and exams will be graded on the basis of answers only— partial credit, if given, is givensolely at the discretion of the instructor.



a. Only in very rare cases will work be considered for regrading; e.g., when the total number of pointsdeducted is not consistent with the assigned grade. Partial credit (if any) is not subject to appeal.

b. Work that, while correct, cannot be followed, will be considered incorrect and will not be consideredfor a grade change.

5. The grade for a late assignment is zero. Homework will be considered late if it is not turned in at the startof class on the due date. Late or not, all assignments must be turned in. A course grade of Incomplete willbe given if any assignment is missing, and this grade will be changed only after all required work has beensubmitted.

6. Each student should review the University Regulations concerning attendance, grades, and scholasticdishonesty. Anyone caught cheating on an examination or collaborating on an assignment wherecollaboration is not specifically allowed will be removed from the class roster and given an F (failuregrade) in the course.

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Course DescriptionIntroduction to Unconventional Energy Resources

What are unconventional resources? Where do they occur? Economic significance of each Technical, economic, political, and environmental constraints on development

Petroleum Systems Systematic approaches to resource assessment Hydrocarbon origin Hydrocarbon migration Hydrocarbon entrapment

Natural Fractures Importance in unconventional reservoirs Origin, occurrence, and predictability Effects on porosity and permeability

o Permeability anisotropyo Coningo Breakthrougho Boundaries

Roles in exploration Roles in reservoir management - primary and enhanced recovery

Low-permeability (Tight) Sands Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics Drilling and completion methods Facilities, reservoir management, limitations on development, present activity

Shale Reservoirs (Gas and Oil) Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics Drilling and completion methods Facilities, reservoir management, limitations on development, present activity Water and environmental issues

Coalbed Gas Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics Drilling and completion methods Facilities, reservoir management, limitations on development, present activity Water and environmental issues

Heavy Oil Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics Drilling and completion methods Facilities, reservoir management, limitations on development, present activity Environmental issues

Hydrates Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics Recovery methods Limitations on development, present activity Environmental issues

Gas Storage Types and locations of gas storage reservoirs Technical issues and terminology Gas storage volumes and economics

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Other Unconventional Energy Resources and Issues That May be Addressed Geothermal Energy Coal–Conversion to Gas

o Coal-to-gaso In-situ gasification

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy StatementThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensivecivil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all studentswith disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of theirdisabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department ofStudent Life, Services for Students with Disabilities in Room B118 of Cain Hall, or call 845-1637.

Coursework Copyright Statement (Texas A&M University Policy Statement)The handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts," this means all materials generated for this class,which include but are not limited to syllabi, quizzes, exams, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, andadditional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to copy them, unlessyou are expressly granted permission.

As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one’s own the ideas, words, writing, etc., that belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another personand turn it in as your own, even if you should have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one of the worstacademic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannot be safelycommunicated.

If you have any questions about plagiarism and/or copying, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&MUniversity Student Rules, under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty.

“Aggie Honor Code”An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.” Upon accepting admission to Texas A&M University, a student immediately assumes a commitment to uphold the Honor Code, to accept responsibility forlearning and to follow the philosophy and rules of the Honor System. Students will be required to state theircommitment on examinations, research papers, and other academic work. Ignorance of the rules does not excludeany member of the Texas A&M University community from the requirements or the processes of the Honor System.For additional information please visit: www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor/ On all submitted course work, assignments, andexaminations in this class, recognition and acceptance of the following Honor Pledge is implicit in the student’s signature on the class materials:“On my honor, as an Aggie, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this academic work.”

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Petroleum Engineering 613— Natural Gas EngineeringSyllabus and Administrative Procedures

Spring 2005

Instructor(s):

Instructor: Dr. Tom Blasingame (Section 501)Office: RICH 815Lecture: MWF 13:50-14:40 a.m. RICH 302Office Hours: by appointment— or if my office is open, I am available.Phone: (979) 845-2292e-mail: [email protected]

Texts: (Available at MSC Bookstore, can also be ordered directly from SPE (probably at reduced rates), you mustbe an SPE member— SPE (800) 456-6863)

1. Lee, W.J. and Wattenbarger, R.A.: Gas Reservoir Engineering, SPE (1996).

Reference Materials:1. Course materials for this semester are located at:

http://pumpjack.tamu.edu/~t-blasingame/P613_05A/2. An extensive compilation of reference notes, old text materials, etc. are located at:

http://pumpjack.tamu.edu/~t-blasingame/P613_reference/Note: The most materials are in given in .pdf files and some of these files are quite large— you should not

open these files on the server, but rather, you should DOWNLOAD the .pdf to your local computer.3. Journal articles (to be made available in electronic formats)4. Other text materials:

a. Katz, D. L., Cornell, R., Kobayashi, R., Poettmann, F. H., Vary, J. A., Elenblass, J. R., & Weinaug, C. G.:Handbook of Natural Gas Engineering (McGraw–Hill, New York) (1959). ....................... (electronic format)

b. Rawlins, E. L. and M. A. Schellhardt, Backpressure Data on Natural Gas Wells and Their Application ToProduction Practices, Monograph 7, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Washington, D C, (1936). ..... (electronic format)

c. Energy Resources and Conservation Board, 1975, Theory and Practice of the Testing of Gas Wells, thirdedition, Pub. ERCB-75-34, ERCB, Calgary, Alberta. .......................................................... (electronic format)

Basis for Grade:Homework/Projects ........................................................................................................................... 90%Class Participation ........................................................................................................................... 10%

total = 100%


Policies and Procedures:1. Students are expected to attend class every session.2. Policy on Grading






c. Grades assigned to homework problems will not be considered for regrading.

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d. If regrading is necessary, the student is to submit a letter to the instructor explaining the situation thatrequires consideration for regrading, the material to be regraded must be attached to this letter. Theletter and attached material must be received within one week from the date returned by the instructor.



Course Description

Graduate Catalog: Flow of natural gas in reservoirs and in wellbores and gathering systems; deliverabilitytesting; production forecasting and decline curves; flow measurement and compressor sizing.

Translation: From the reservoir through the sales line—we will try to study every aspect of natural gassystems. PVT properties, flow in porous media, flow in pipes and thermodynamic properties will bestudied. We will use the Lee and Wattenbarger and the ERCB texts as guides — as well as numeroustechnical papers that go into much more depth of detail for a particular problem. We will focus on welltesting, deliverability analysis, and decline curve analysis, as well as wellbore flow phenomena.

Prerequisites by Topic: Differential and integral calculus, Ordinary and partial differential equations,Thermodynamics, Fluid dynamics and heat transfer, Reservoir fluid properties, and Reservoirpetrophysics.

Course Objectives

The student should be able to: Estimate oil, gas, and water properties pertinent for well test or production data analysis using

industry accepted correlations and laboratory data. Sketch pressure versus time trends and pressure versus distance trends for a reservoir system exhi-

biting transient, pseudosteady-state, and steady-state flow behavior. Derive the steady-state and pseudosteady-state relations for gas flow (including rigorous and semi-

analytical relations for boundary-dominated flow behavior). In addition, the student must be able toderive, in complete detail, the pressure, pressure-squared, and pseudopressure forms of the diffusivityequation for a real gas.

Derive the material balance equations for a volumetric dry gas reservoir, an "abnormally-pressured"gas reservoir, and a water-drive gas reservoir. The student should also be familiar with thegeneralized (i.e., compositional form) of the material balance equation for a gas condensate reservoir.

Derive and apply the conventional relations used to calculate the static and flowing bottomholepressures for the case of a dry gas. The student should also be familiar with proposed techniques forwet gases.

Derive/present models for wellbore storage and phase redistribution (gas systems). Derive the "skin factor" variable from the steady-state flow equation and be able to describe the

conditions of damage and stimulation using this skin factor. The student should also be familiar withmodels for "variable" skin effects due to non-Darcy flow, well cleanup, and gas condensate banking(radial composite model).

Analyze and interpret flow-after-flow (4-point) and isochronal flow tests. Derive the analysis and interpretation methodologies (i.e., "conventional" plots and type curve analy-

sis) for pressure drawdown and pressure buildup tests (liquid or gas reservoir systems). Also, be ableto apply dimensionless solutions ("type curves") and field variable solutions ("specialized plots") forthe analysis and interpretation of well test data.

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Design and implement a well test sequence, as well as a long-term production/injection surveillanceprogram. This includes the design of single and multipoint deliverability tests.

Analyze production data (rate-time or pressure-rate-time data) to obtain reservoir volume and esti-mates of reservoir properties for gas and liquid reservoir systems. The student should be able to use"decline curves," "decline type curves," and other techniques of analysis for production data.

The student should be familiar with the reservoir engineering tools used to analyze/interpret theperformance of the following gas reservoir types:— Gas condensate reservoir systems— Low permeability/unconventional reservoirs— Low pressure gas reservoirs

Course Description, Prerequisites by Topic, and Course ObjectivesDate Topic Reading

Module 1 Introductory ConceptsJanuary 17 M University Holiday

19 W Course Introduction/Review of Syllabus (Syllabus— Spring 2005)21 F Introduction: historical perspectives, types of tests, etc. ERCB Ch. 1, Katz Ch 1-2,9

24 M Reservoir performance behavior (introduction) ERCB Ch. 2, LW Ch. 526 W Properties of reservoir fluids ERCB App. A, LW Ch. 1, Katz Ch 3-5,12, Hnd28 F Properties of reservoir fluids ERCB App. A, LW Ch. 1, Katz Ch 3-5,12, Hnd

Module 2 Gas Material Balance and Boundary Dominated Flow Behavior31 M Fundamentals of fluid flow in porous media (general)ERCB Ch. 2, LW Ch. 5, Katz Ch 2, Hnd

February 02 W Fundamentals of fluid flow in porous media (gas)ERCB Ch. 2, LW Ch. 5, Katz Ch 2, Hnd04 F Gas material balance (simple case) LW Ch. 10, Katz Ch 12, Hnd

07 M Gas material balance ("abnormal" pressure case) LW Ch. 10, Hnd09 W Gas material balance (water influx case) LW Ch. 10, Hnd11 F IPR concepts for gas wells ERCB Ch. 3, LW Ch. 4, Hnd

14 M Semi-analytical performance equation (q(t) vs. t) for gas wells Hnd

Module 3 Wellbore Phenomena and Near-Well Reservoir Behavior16 W Wellbore phenomena: Calculation of static/flowing bottomhole pressures (gas)ERCB App. B,

LW Ch. 4, Hnd18 F Wellbore phenomena: Calculation of static/flowing bottomhole pressures (gas)ERCB App. B,

LW Ch. 4, Hnd

21 M Wellbore phenomena: Wellbore storage/phase redistribution models (gas) LW Ch. 5, Hnd23 W Near-well impediments to flow— the skin factor and condensate banking ERCB Ch. 2, LW

Ch. 5, Hnd25 F Near-well impediments to flow— the skin factor and condensate banking ERCB Ch. 2, LW

Ch. 5, Hnd

Module 4 Well Test Analysis28 M Deliverability testing of gas wells (Introduction) Hnd (Rawlins/Schellhardt), Katz Ch 9,11

March 02 W Deliverability testing of gas wells ERCB Ch. 3, LW Ch. 7, Katz Ch 9,11, Hnd04 F Well test analysis: Fundamentals (solutions, plots, simple analysis, etc.) ERCB Ch. 4-5, LW

Ch. 6, Katz Ch 10

07 M Well test analysis: Fundamentals (solutions, plots, simple analysis, etc.) ERCB Ch. 4-5, LWCh. 6, Katz Ch 10

09 W Well test analysis: Model-based analysis (Unfractured wells) ERCB Ch. 7, LW Ch. 6, Hnd11 F Well test analysis: Model-based analysis (Fractured Wells) ERCB Ch. 7, LW Ch. 6, Hnd

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Date Topic ReadingSpring Break: 14-18 March 2005

21 M Well test analysis: Model-based analysis (etc.) ERCB Ch. 7, LW Ch. 6, Hnd23 W Well test analysis: Well test design ERCB Ch. 4-5, LW Ch. 8, Hnd25 F Reading Day (No Classes— Good Friday)

Module 5 Analysis and Modelling of Production Data28 M Analysis of production data: Data acquisition, cataloging, and retrieval LW Ch. 9, Hnd30 W Analysis of production data: Conventional decline curve analysis LW Ch. 9, Hnd

April 01 F Analysis of production data: EUR analysis Hnd

04 M Analysis of production data: Model-based analysis LW Ch. 9, Hnd06 W Analysis of production data: Model-based analysis LW Ch. 9, Hnd08 F Analysis of production data: Model-based analysis LW Ch. 9, Hnd

Module 6 Special Topics in Gas Reservoir Engineering11 M Performance of gas condensate reservoir systems Katz Ch 12, Hnd13 W Low permeability/unconventional gas reservoirs (characterization) Hnd15 F Low pressure gas reservoir systems Hnd

18 M Underground storage of natural gas Katz Ch 18, Hnd20 W Underground storage of natural gas Katz Ch 18, Hnd22 F Special topics (analysis of well performance data from low permeability gas reservoirs) Hnd

25 M Special topics (analysis of well performance data from low permeability gas reservoirs) Hnd27 W Special topics (analysis of well performance data from low permeability gas reservoirs) Hnd29 F Special topics (TBA) Hnd

May 02 M (dead day) Software for the analysis of well test data Hnd03 T (redefined day ("Friday")) Software for the analysis of production data Hnd

May 10 T Final Exam/Project - RICH 302 from 03:30 - 05:30 p.m. (MWF 01:40 - 02:50 p.m.)

Homework Format GuidelinesHomework Topics: (These are intended topics, addition and/or deletion of certain problems may occur as

other problems become available. Multiple assignments from each topic are possible.)

Reservoir fluids— analysis/prediction of phase behavior. Deliverability testing (single point, multipoint, and isochronal tests). Gas material balance. Analysis and interpretation of gas well test data.— Normally-pressured dry gas reservoirs. Well test design:— Abnormally-pressured dry gas reservoirs. Analysis and interpretation of gas well production data.— Water Influx/Encroachment. Special topics.— Gas condensate reservoirs. — Gas condensate reservoir systems (PTA/PA).

Wellbore storage/phase redistribution models (gas). — Low permeability/unconventional reservoirs.Skin factor/impediments to flow. — Low pressure gas reservoirs.

Computing Topics: In general, some programming (spreadsheet/Visual Basic) assignments may be required.Students must develop their own codes unless otherwise instructed.

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Homework Format Guidelines:I. General Instructions: You must use engineering analysis paper or lined notebook paper, and this paper must

measure 8.5 inches in width by 11 inches in height1. You must only write on the front of the page.2. Number all pages in the upper right-hand corner and staple all pages together in upper left hand corner. You

must also put your name (or initials) in the upper right corner of each page next to the page number (e.g. JohnDavid Doe (JDD) page 4/6).

3. Fold inward lengthwise.4. Place the following identification on the outside:

Name: (printed)Course: Petroleum Engineering 324/Spring 2005Date: 25 January 2003Assignment: (Specific)

II. Homework Format1. Given: (Statement of Problem and Problem Data)2. Required: (Problem Objectives)3. Solution: (Methodology)

A. Sketches and DiagramsB. Assumption, Working Hypotheses, ReferencesC. Formulas and Definitions of Symbols (Including Units)D. Calculations (Including Units)

4. Results5. Conclusions: Provide a short summary that discusses the problem results.

Instructor ResponsibilitiesThe instructor is responsible for

1.A learning environment where students of all skills levels are appropriately challenged.2.Showing respect and consideration to the students.3.Being prepared for class and keeping on schedule with the syllabus.4.Preparing exercises that follow the course objectives.5.Covering the material that will be tested on exams.

The instructor is not responsible for1.Work missed by absent students (unless a University-excused absence is provided to the instructor).2.Poor performance by unattentative or uninterested students. This is a fundamental course in Reservoir

Engineering, one that you will use actively in your career as a reservoir or production engineer.3.Personal issues — if you have personal issues that impair your performance in this course, you are

encouraged to discuss these problems with your instructor for possible remedies. However, the instructor isresponsible for assigning your grade based solely on your performance and is not at liberty to allow personalappeals to influence your grade.

Student ResponsibilitiesThe student is responsible for

1.Class attendance. Students should attend all scheduled class meetings.2.Being prepared for class. In-class quizzes will be given. Always bring your books, course notes, and

calculator to each class meeting.3.Being prepared for exams. The instructor or TA may choose to review materials prior to exams, but do not

rely on this review as your only exam preparation—nor should you rely on old exams for your exampreparation. The best preparation for exams is to stay current with the class, rework assignments, and getplenty of rest the night before the exam.

4.Showing respect and consideration to his classmates and the instructor. Do not talk excessively with yourneighbors during class. Do not take up class time for discussions with the instructor that should be heldoutside of class. Students who disrupt the class will be asked to leave.

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Engineering Near-Critical ReservoirsPETE 616

Spring 2005

Instructor: Dr. Maria A. [email protected]

Course Outline

Module 1: Overall Scope–Reservoir and Fluid CharacterizationDuration: 2 weeksThe big picture: Near Critical Reservoirs Characteristics. Characteristic Phase Diagrams for Hydrocarbon Fluids:Pressure, Volume, Temperature and Composition Relations. Classification of Reservoir Fluids Using PhaseDiagrams, Compositions, Production, and PVT Data.Fluid And Rock-Fluid Properties Required For Reservoir Simulation Studies. PVT And Core Analysis Data andModels In The Oil Industry: Reservoir Fluid Sampling Techniques. PVT Tests for Near Critical Fluids: ConstantVolume Depletion. Constant Composition Expansion. Separator. Swelling. Viscosity and Interfacial Tension.Quality Control Tests. Oil and Gas viscosity correlations (LBC, Pedersen’s Corresponding States Method). ReferencesClass Notes. SPE papers.

Module 2: Material Balance Equation and Introduction to SimulationDuration: 2 weeksThe Material Balance Equation (Review of Black Oil and Dry Gas systems). Estimation of reserves. Volatile andCondensate fluids. Evaluation of Oil and Gas in Place from Production Data. Conventional Approach.Development of a Semi-Compositional Material Balance Equation for Volatile and Condensate systems. Uses andlimitations.Modeling Fluid Phase Behavior: Compositional vs. Black Oil Models.ReferencesClass Notes. SPE papers.

Module 3: Near Critical Reservoir Simulation–Special Compositional NeedsDuration: 2 weeksFormulation of the Multiphase Multicomponent Reservoir Simulation Equations. Constitutive Relations.Fundamentals of VLE (Vapor-Liquid-Equilibria).VLE modeling approaches for hydrocarbon fluids. Cubic Equations of State (EOS): Peng-Robinson, Soave-Redlich-Kwong. Volume translation concepts for improved volumetric predictions using EOS.Characterization of undefined petroleum fractions. Lumping techniques. Criteria for lumping and characterizinghypothetical components.The need for splitting the C7+ fraction. Behrens - Sandler and Whitson’s method. ReferencesClass Notes. SPE papers. Volume Translation. Gravity Gradient.Whitson. Sandler papers.

Module 4: Compositional Gravitational Gradients - Condensate Banking - Production StrategiesDuration = 2 weeksEquilibrium conditions under the influence of gravity. Compositional gradients and conditions for significantcompositional variation. Condensate Banking Problems and Solutions. Effects of Reservoir Heterogeneity. GasProcessing Methods. Liquid Recovery. Separator Design. Dehydration Methods and Equipment. CO2 Removal.Separation Processes: Distillation, Membranes, Cryogenic Processes. Gas Sweetening (H2S removal).ReferencesClass Notes. SPE papers Whitson. Ikoku Chapters. Internet Tutorial.

Module 5: Building a Fluid Model–Calibration of EOSDuration = 2 weeks

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Use of PVTi–Processing Data and Generating a Fluid Model for ECLIPSE 300Calibration of EOS parameters to constant composition expansion (CCE), Swelling tests, and/or constant volumedepletion data (CVD).Tuning to viscosity data.ReferencesClass Notes. SPE papers. PVTi Manual.

Module 6: Compositional Reservoir Simulator–Processing Input and Output FilesDuration = 2 weeksIntroduction to ECLIPSE 300–Preparation of input files.Runspec and Grid options. Declaration of properties (PROPS). Solution, Summary, and Schedule Sections.Input/Output Controls. Pre-processing data. Evaluation of oil and gas in place from production data. EOS approach(comparison with earlier exercise in course).Introduction to basic UNIX and VI Commands. Post-processing data (output files).

Module 7: Compositional Simulation–Special Features: Optimizing Oil Production ProjectDuration = 3 weeksUsing Eclipse 300.Local Grid Refining. Relative Permeabilities as function of IFT.Simulation and evaluation of depletion and gas cycling strategies: Volatile and a Gas Condensate, examples.(Reservoir Properties from SPE Third Case Comparative Study)

Extended and lumped compositional description Black oil and compositional model Evaluation of relative permeability models Local grid refining options Horizontal and vertical wells

ReferencesClass Notes. SPE papers. Eclipse 300 manual. Unix and Vi Tutorials.

Performance EvaluationPaper Reviews and Homework 30%Midterm Exam 30%Simulation Project- Maximum Oil Recovery Competition(Max recovery from a condensate field under technical & economic constraints) 40%

Reference MaterialsClass notes downloadable from a WEB site TBA .Selected SPE papersThermodynamics of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs–A. FiroozabadiHydrocarbon Phase Behavior–Ahmed TarekApplied Petroleum Reservoir Engineering - Craft and HawkinsEclipse 300 and PVTi manuals (Geoquest)Unix Tutorial (Web site)

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Petroleum Engineering 617Petroleum Reservoir Management (3-0). Credit 3

W. John LeeSummer 2005

Revised 6/17/05

Studies of the principles of reservoir management and application to specific reservoirs based on case studiespresented in the petroleum literature.

Basis for grade20% One final written review paper on management practices on a field on which there is a significant amount

of published information (e.g., in SPE papers) on primary performance, secondary or enhanced recoveryproject planning, performance, surveillance, evaluation, modification, operating problems, solutions, etc.

20% Oral presentation of the findings on the field used for the written report.30% Mid-term examination on papers read and discussed in Weeks 1 to 5.20% Written reviews of papers. Reviews must be submitted by the beginning of the class or the grade will be

zero. Late or not, all papers must be submitted or the grade at the end of the semester will be “I.”10% Attendance and participation

ReferencesReservoir Management, Reprint Series, SPE, Dallas (1998) 48.Thakur, G. C. and Satter, A.: Integrated Waterflood Asset Management, PennWell, Houston (1998)Satter, A. and Thakur, G.: Integrated Petroleum Reservoir Management, PennWell, Houston (1994).

Papers (mostly SPE) on field project planning, implementation, surveillance, evaluation, modification, problems,solutions. All are in SPE Reprint Series No. 48 unless indicated otherwise, but almost all can also be downloadedfrom the SPE Website.

Course Schedule

Week Date Topic Papers and Presentations

Introduction6/1

Sound Reservoir Mgt Wiggins and Startzman .Week 1

6/3Satter, Varnon, and Hoang .Thakur June 1996 .6/6Sessions and Lehman .Richardson and Sneider6/8Thakur Mar 1990

Geological Model Harris and Hewitt

Week 2

6/10Halderson and DamslethRobertson6/13

Reservoir Model ThomasRichardson, Blackwell6/15

Desktop Simulation Satter, Frizzell, and VarnonData Management Raza

Week 3

6/17Thakur Oct 1991

Production Operations Pieters and Por6/20Blanscet and Lewellen

Economics Hickman6/22Currie, et al.

Week 4

6/24 Mature Fields Langston, Shirer, and Nelson (review formatchanges from here forward)

6/27 New Fields Trice and DaweWeek 56/29 Waterfloods Stiles and Magruder

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Week Date Topic Papers and Presentations

7/1 Mid-term examination7/4 Holiday7/6 Term Projects Principles of oral presentationsWeek 67/8 Principles of oral presentations

7/11 Principles of report writing; Tosic Project7/13 Principles of report writingWeek 77/15 Critique of model report (homework due)7/18 Nordt, Paclibon projects7/21 Salazar, Nwofia projects

Week 8

7/22 Holmes, Carreras projects7/25 Singh, Pedro projects7/27 Yanty, Mesa projectsWeek 97/29 Ozobeme, Cione projects8/1 Nikhar, Sena projects

8/3 SPE 24872 Wang,Sweeney projects; McAllen RanchWeek 10

8/5 SPE 38555,38927 Oseberg, Ekofisk

8/8 SPE 16961,49165 Statjford,UbitWeek 11

8/10 Last Project Report Due

Guidelines for Paper ReviewsIt should take no more than one page to summarize a typical paper. Some papers may require more; use your ownjudgment. Learn to be concise and to state briefly the essential ideas communicated.

Usual organization of a review Authors, title. Use the SPE standard reference style. (You can find it in the SPE Guide to Publications, which

is on the web at http://www.spe.org.) Problem. Briefly, describe the problem the authors are trying to solve. Solution. Describe the solution the authors propose. Did they propose a specific method for part or all the

reservoir management process? What is it? Value. Describe the value of the authors’ solution to the petroleum industry. Conclusions. Describe the conclusions the authors reached as a result of their analysis Approach. Describe what the authors did to validate their proposed solution. Limitations. List the limitations of the work. Is it applicable to only a certain type of reservoir or field? Application. How would you apply the knowledge provided in this paper? Critique. What questions did the authors leave unanswered? What could the authors have done to make the

paper better?

Objectives of reviewing papers in this class To learn how to learn from papers (harder than textbooks, but more important in the long run) To learn how to identify the really important ideas in papers To learn how to summarize ideas concisely To learn how engineers with vastly different points of view think and how they approach problems and their

solutions

Guidelines for Term Projects1. Each person in the class will prepare a written report and an oral presentation for his/her project.2. Each person will choose a field for discussion based loosely on these criteria: (1) significant number of papers

(at least four) published on the field; (2) field has had, in addition to primary production, secondary and/ortertiary recovery projects; (3) published papers include information on geology, primary performance,

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secondary or enhanced performance, operating problems/solutions, special facilities; and (4) clear evidence thatreservoir management of some kind has been practiced.

3. Your purpose is to read the literature, focusing in particular on reservoir management decisions that have (or,sometimes, should have) been made and results of those decisions. Refer to the early papers in the course onreservoir management philosophy and determine whether sound, modern practices as recommended by theauthors we have read were followed–and what the consequences were.

4. Prepare an oral presentation on your field requiring about 30 minutes. Be prepared to answer questions foranother 15 minutes or so. Prepare hard copy originals of visual aids for your presentation. Please preparePowerPoint files for your presentation. We will provide guidelines in class for organization and content of youroral presentation.

5. Prepare a written report on your topic, with a length about the same as a typical, published SPE paper. Lengthrequirements are not rigid, but it is good to learn to be concise. We will provide guidelines in class fororganization and content of your written report.

6. Select one paper (from those you find in your literature survey) and designate it a “key paper.” Give your key papers to me one week before your oral presentation. I will have the paper placed on WebCT (or give the classinformation on who to locate it on the SPE Web site) and will ask the class to read it in preparation for yourpresentation. The key paper should include information on reservoir description, primary production, secondaryor otherwise enhanced recovery projects in the field, discussions of operating/facilities problems and, hopefully,solutions), and other fundamentally important issues that arose in the historical management of the field. Yourtalk and written paper are not limited to these key papers, of course. All members of the class will prepare areview of each key paper and submit (as required homework) the review on the day of the presentation ofthat topic.

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MODERN PETROLEUM PRODUCTIONPETE 618SYLLABUS

SSpprriinngg 22000066

Instructor: Dr. Stuart L. Scott E-mail: [email protected]: 610 Richardson Building Office Hours: Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00Phone: 847-8564 (or whenever door is open)

Catalogue Description: An advanced treatment of modern petroleum production engineering encompassing welldeliverability from vertical, horizontal and multilateral / multibranch wells; diagnosis of well performance includedelements of well testing and production logging; in this course the function of the production engineering isenvisioned in the context of well design, stimulation and artificial lift.

Course Objectives: Develop understanding and skills at modeling the unique components of the multiphaseproduction system. Advanced techniques for modeling single-well deliverability and multiphase flow in wellboresand pipelines. Special emphasis is given to the components of multiphase production downstream of the sandface,including: slug flow and pigging, flow assurance, multiphase metering, compact separation and multiphasepumping. Transient multiphase modeling will be performed using the commercial OLGA simulator as well as withsimplified methods developed in the class.

Textbooks: Brill, J.P. and H. Mukergee: Multiphase Flow In Wells. SPE Monograph (2000).Hasan, A.R. and C.S. Kabir: Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Wellbores. SPE

(2002).Offshore Multiphase Production Operations. SPE Reprint, Volumes I & II

(2004).

Suggested: Beggs, H. Dale: Production Optimization Using Nodal Analysis. OGCI Publications, Tulsa(1991).

Topics: 1. Advanced Topics in Single-Well Performance Modeling(pseudo steady-state and transient well deliverability; two-phase deliverability equations; relativepermeability prediction; single-well material balance methods, fracpack and high rate completionstrategies)2. Characterization of Produced Fluids at In-Situ Conditions(black oil & compositional phase behavior, superficial velocity & holdup concepts)3. Advanced Topics in Single-Phase Fluid Flow in Wellbores and Pipelines(flow assurance issues, production monitoring, wellhead backpressure plots)4. Multiphase Flow Modeling in Wellbores and Pipelines(mechanistic modeling of multiphase flow in vertical and horizontal pipes; advanced applications of theTaitel & Dukler stratified flow model, flow pattern maps, flow pattern dependent flow models for slug &annular flow patterns)5. Special Topics in Production Operations(pipeline pigging, severe slugging, transient multiphase modeling, flow in highly deviated and horizontalwells, systems analysis versus backpressure6. Modeling Surface Facilities(surface facility evaluation; separation theory, compact (cyclonic) separation concepts for gas-liquid andliquid-liquid; single & multiphase metering, multiphase pumping, critical flow, drag reduction & flowenhancement; field case histories)

COURSE POLICIESAttendance: Class attendance is important. If an illness or unexpected event prevents attendance, the studentshould notify the instructor before class. Students should read reference material in advance and be prepared forclass discussions.

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Assignments: Homework problems must be worked out on engineering analysis paper. All problems must be fullydocumented. Assignments are due by 5:00 PM on the due date indicated and may also be turned in during class onthe due date indicated. Late assignments will be given a grade of zero. Your work is to be your own. Studentsubmitting identical work will be subject to disciplinary action unless the assignment is clear marked as a teamassignment.

Work Quality: Neat, legible, systematic and complete presentation is required in assignments, quizzes andexaminations for full credit. Units must be written wherever appropriate for the answers.

Examinations: Examinations are not optional. Unless otherwise announced, the format will be open book andopen notes. Make-up for major examinations will be given only for university excused absences.

Grading: 35% - Mid-Term Exam (Thursday March 9th)35% - Final Exam (Tuesday May 9th 1:00–3:00 PM)20% - Homework10% - Participation (working in-class problems, in-class verbal examinations)

Academic Integrity Statement: “An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.” Collaboration on examinations and assignments is forbidden except when specifically authorized. Students violating this policy maybe removed from the class roster and given an F in the course or other penalties as outlined in the Texas A&MUniversity Student Rules. See http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor

ADA Policy Statement: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute thatprovides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislationrequires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonableaccommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contactthe Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities, in Cain Hall or call 845-1637.

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Petroleum Engineering 619Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Fall 2005

Course Description: Natural fractures are increasingly recognized as dominant permeability paths in manyreservoirs. Unfortunately, there are few guidelines available for geologists and engineers characterizing andengineering naturally fractured reservoirs. This course is intended as an up-to-date summary of an integratedreservoir study including characterization, experimentation and integration of information in determining the mostsuitable process option in naturally fractured reservoirs. Most of the information originates from a CO2 pilot in thenaturally fractured Spraberry Trend Area in West Texas. Information presented from this project in this courseinclude: core results from several wells including a horizontal core; measurement of fracture populations andspacings from core data; investigation of diagenesis in natural fractures; evaluation of fracture detection logs;detailed study of matrix porosity; evaluation of shaly-sand algorithms for calculation of net pay; measurement of in-situ oil saturation with sponge cores; laboratory measurement of imbibition, capillary pressure and wettability atreservoir conditions, history matching laboratory measurements for up-scaling to reservoir geometry, wettabilitydata for prediction of waterflood performance; reservoir performance analysis during water injection, and laboratoryexperiments of forced and free-fall gravity drainage with CO2 and use of commercial simulators to match reservoirperformance using precisely measured lab and field data

Credit Hours: 3

Instructor: Dr. David Schechter, Associate Professor401Q Richardson, 845-2275, [email protected] hours: M 3-5, or by appointment

Class hours:Lecture InstructorTR 9:35–10:50 (RICH 313) D.S. Schechter

Texts: “Naturally Fractured Reservoir Engineering”, Van Golf Raacht CD ROM–Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: Characterization and Engineering

Course Policies: Attendance: Attendance in class is expected. If an illness or unexpected event prevents attendance, the student

should notify the instructor before class. Students should read assigned reference material in advance and beprepared for exams and class discussions.

Late Work: Laboratory reports are due at the beginning of class on the assigned due date, unless otherwisestated. Late work turned in within one week after the due date and time will be assessed a 30-point penalty.Thereafter, a 15-point penalty per week will be assessed.

Work Quality: Neat, legible, systematic and complete presentation is required in assignments, quizzes andexaminations for full credit. Units (for example, Newton-meters) must be written wherever appropriate for theanswers. Reports should be free of spelling and grammatical errors. Plots should contain properly-labeled axes(quantity and units) as well as a legend to distinguish between multiple curves.

Grading: The regular university grading scale will be used. Weights will be assigned as follows:Examinations (2) 50%Research Project 40%Participation, professionalism 10%

Academic Dishonesty: Collaboration on examinations and assignments is forbidden except when specificallyauthorized. Students violating this policy may be removed from the class roster and given an F in the course ormay be assessed other penalties as outlined in the Texas A&M University Student Rules.

Team Exercises: The course may include some team exercises. Collaboration within teams is required;collaboration between teams is forbidden except when specifically authorized. Team reports will be assigned ateam grade. Each team member will receive the team grade, multiplied by a Participation Factor. TheParticipation Factor will be determined by a combination of peer reviews and instructor assessment.

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Course Schedule

Week Topic1

Introduction to naturally fractured reservoirs

2 - 3 Fracture Characterization: Geophysical and Geological Aspects, Petrophysical and loggingevaluation of naturally fractured reservoirs

4 - 5 Modelling of fractured reservoirs: Defining the fracture system, static characterization of fracturesystem, well test analysis in fractured reservoirs

5 - 6 Reservoir Engineering: Issues in reservoir engineering in naturally fractured reservoirs, materialbalance, fracture vs. matrix porosity, relative permeability and capillary pressure, transfer mechanisms

7 - 8 Simulation of naturally fractured reservoirs: Issues in simulation, single vs. dual porosity simulation,input parameters from static model and fracture characterization, sensitivity of simulation to fractureparameters

9 -10 Case Histories: Case history of primary, secondary and enhanced oil recovery projects world-wide11 Project Management: Development of project management strategies for naturally fractured reservoirs

12 Final Presentations

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Petroleum Engineering 620— Fluid Flow in Petroleum ReservoirsSyllabus and Administrative Procedures

Fall 2005

Petroleum Engineering 620 Instructor: Dr. Tom BlasingameTexas A&M University/College of Engineering Office: Richardson 815MWF 12:40.-13:30 RICH 319 Office Hours: as needed/drop-in welcomeTR 17:30.-19:30 RICH 319 (alternate, as notified) Phone: +1.979.845.2292

E-mail: [email protected]

Required Texts/Resources:

* 1. Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists, M.R. Spiegel, Schaum's Series (1971).2. Handbook of Mathematical Functions, M. Abramowitz and I. Stegun, Dover Pub. (1972) — Electronic file to be made

available by instructor.3. Table of Laplace Transforms, G.E. Roberts and H. Kaufman, W.B. Saunder, Co. (1964—out of print)— Electronic file to

be made available by instructor.4. Numerical Methods, R.W. Hornbeck, Quantum Publishers, Inc., New York (1975—out of print) — Electronic file to be

made available by instructor.5. Approximations for Digital Computers: Hastings, C., Jr., Hayward, J.T., Wong, J.P., Jr., Princeton University Press,

Princeton, New Jersey (1955—out of print)— Electronic file to be made available by instructor.6. Handbook for Computing Elementary Functions: L.A. Lyusternik. O.A. Chervonenkis A. R. Yanpol'skii, (Translated from

the Russian by G.J. Tee), Pergamon Press, (1965—out of print)— Electronic file to be made available by instructor.

* Book must be purchased—should be available at MSC Bookstore.

Optional Texts/Resources:+1. Calculus, 4th edition: Frank Ayres and Elliot Mendelson, Schaum's Outline Series (1999).+2. Differential Equations, 2nd edition: Richard Bronson, Schaum's Outline Series (1994).+3. Conduction of Heat in Solids, 2nd edition, H. Carslaw and J. Jaeger, Oxford Science Publications (1959).+4. Laplace Transforms, M.R. Spiegel, Schaum's Outline Series (1965) - Local bookstores.+5. Numerical Analysis, F. Scheid, Schaum's Outline Series, McGraw-Hill Book Co, New York (1968). - Local bookstores.+6. Methods of Numerical Integration, P.F. Davis and P. Rabinowitz, Academic Press, New York (1989).+7. Table of Integrals, Series, and Products, I.S. Gradshteyn and I.M. Ryzhik, Academic Press (1980).+8. An Atlas of Functions, J. Spanier and K. Oldham, Hemisphere Publishing (1987), very expensive (>$100) and although it is

unique in detail, this reference is not as useful as say, Abramowitz and Stegun.+9. The Mathematics of Diffusion, 2nd edition, J. Crank, Oxford Science Publications (1975).

+10. Advanced Mathematical Methods for Engineers and Scientists, 2nd edition, C.M. Bender and S.A. Orsag, McGraw-Hill(1978).

+11. Asymptotic Approximations of Integrals, R. Wong, Academic Press (1989).+12. Asymptotics and Special Functions, F.W.J. Olver, Academic Press (1974).

+ Special order at MSC Bookstore or check TAMU library.

Basis for Grade:

Homeworks/Projects .......................................................................................................................... 90%Class Participation ........................................................................................................................... 10%

Total = 100%

Course Description

Graduate Catalog: Analysis of fluid flow in bounded and unbounded reservoirs, wellbore storage, phaseredistribution, finite and infinite conductivity vertical fractures, dual-porosity systems.

Translation: Development of skills required to derive "classic" problems in reservoir engineering and welltesting from the fundamental principles of mathematics and physics. Emphasis is placed on a mastery offundamental calculus, analytical and numerical solutions of 1st and 2nd order ordinary and partial differentialequations, as well as extensions to non-linear partial differential equations that arise for the flow of fluids inporous media.

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Course ObjectivesThe student should be able to demonstrate mastery of objectives in the following areas:Module 1— Advanced Mathematics Relevant to Problems in EngineeringModule 2— Petrophysical PropertiesModule 3— Fundamentals of Flow in Porous MediaModule 4— Reservoir Flow SolutionsModule 5— Applications/Extensions of Reservoir Flow Solutions

Considering these modular topics, we have the following catalog of course objectives:Module 1: Advanced Mathematics Relevant to Problems in EngineeringFundamental Topics in Mathematics:Work fundamental problems in algebra and trigonometry, including partial fractions and the factoring of

equations.Perform elementary and advanced calculus: analytical integration and differentiation of elementary functions

(polynomials, exponentials, and logarithms), trigonometric functions (sin, cos, tan, sinh, cosh, tanh, andcombinations), and special functions (Error, Gamma, Exponential Integral, and Bessel functions).

Derive the Taylor series expansions and Chebyshev economizations for a given function.Derive and apply formulas for the numerical differentiation and integration of a function using Taylor series

expansions. Specifically, be able to derive the forward, backward, and central "finite-difference" relations fordifferentiation, as well as the "Trapezoidal" and "Simpson's" Rules for integration.

Apply the Gaussian and Laguerre quadrature formulas for numerical integration.Solution of First and Second Order Ordinary Differential Equations:First Order Ordinary Differential Equations:— Classify the order of a differential equation (order of the highest derivative).— Verify a given solution of a differential equation via substitution of a given solution into the original

differential equation.— Solve first order ordinary differential equations using the method of separation of variables (or separable

equations).— Derive the method of integrating factors for a first order ordinary differential equation.— Apply the Euler and Runge-Kutta methods to numerically solve first order ordinary differential equations.

Second Order Ordinary Differential Equations:— Develop the homogeneous (or complementary) solution of a 2nd order ordinary differential equation

(ODE) using y=emx as a trial solution.— Develop the particular solution of a 2nd order ordinary differential equation (ODE) using the method of

undetermined coefficients.— Apply the Runge-Kutta method to numerically solve second order ordinary differential equations.

The Laplace Transform:Fundamentals of the Laplace Transform:— State the definition of the Laplace transformation and its inverse.— Derive the operational theorems for the Laplace transform.— Demonstrate familiarity with the "unit step" function.— Develop and apply the Laplace transform formulas for the discrete data functions

Applications of the Laplace Transform to Solve Linear Ordinary Differential Equations:— Develop the Laplace transform of a given differential equation and its initial condition(s).— Resolve the algebra resulting from taking the Laplace transform of a given differential equation and its

initial condition(s) into a closed and hopefully, invertible form.— Invert the closed form Laplace transform solution of a given differential equation using the properties of

Laplace transforms, Laplace transform tables, partial fractions, and prayer.Numerical Laplace Transform and Inversion:— Use the Gauss-Laguerre integration formula for numerical Laplace transformation.— Demonstrate familiarity with the development of the Gaver formula for the numerical inversion of Laplace

transforms.— Apply the Gaver and Gaver-Stehfest numerical Laplace transform inversion algorithms.

Special Functions:Demonstrate familiarity with and be able to apply the following "special functions:"

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— Exponential Integral (Ei (x) and E1 (x)= -Ei (-x)).— Gamma and Incomplete Gamma Functions ((x), and (a,x), (a,x) and B(z,w)).— Error and Complimentary Error Functions (erf(x) and erfc(x)).— Bessel Functions: J0(x), J1(x), Y0(x), and Y1(x).—Modified Bessel Functions: I0(x), I1(x), K0(x), and K1(x), and integrals of I0(x), K0(x).

Module 2: Petrophysical PropertiesPorosity and Permeability Concepts:Be able to recognize and classify rock types:— Clastics (sandstones) and Carbonates (limestones, chalks, dolstones), and— Be familiar with the porosity and permeability characteristics of these rocks.

Be familiar with factors that affect porosity. In particular, the shapes, arrangements, and distributions of grainparticles and the effect of cementation, vugs, and fractures on porosity.

Be familiar with correlative relations for porosity and permeability.Be familiar with "friction factor/Reynolds Number" concept put forth by Cornell and Katz for flow through

porous media. Be aware that this plotting concept validates Darcy's law empirically (the unit slope line on theleft portion of the plot, laminar flow).

Correlation of Petrophysical Data:Be familiar with the various models for permeability based on porosity, grain size sorting parameters,

irreducible water saturation, electrical and surface area parameters, nuclear magnetic resonance parameters,etc. as described by Nelson1 (The Log Analyst (May-June 1994), 38-62).

Concept of Permeability—Darcy's Law:Development of Darcy's Law for fluid flow in porous media via analogy with the Poiseuille equation for

laminar fluid flow in pipes. Be able to develop a velocity/pressure gradient relation for modelling the flow offluids in pipes (i.e., the Poiseuille equation--given below).

vavg = qAx

= kp 1p

xwhere kp = r2

8is considered to be a "geometry" factor.

Units Conversions:— Be able to derive the "units" of a Darcy (1 Darcy = 9.86923x10-9 cm2).— Be able to derive the field and SI unit forms of Darcy's law.

Capillary Pressure:Be familiar with the concept of "capillary pressure" for tubes as well as for porous media—and be able to

derive the capillary pressure relation for fluid rise in a tube.Be familiar with and be able to derive the Purcell-Burdine permeability and relative permeability relations for

porous media using the "bundle of capillary tubes" model as provided by Nakornthap and Evans (Nakorn-thap, K. and Evans, R.D.: "Temperature-Dependent Relative Permeability and Its Effect on Oil Displacementby Thermal Methods," SPERE (May 1986) 230-242.).

Be familiar with and be able to derive the Brooks-Corey-Burdine equation for permeability based on thePurcell-Burdine permeability equation (Brooks, R.H. and Corey, A.T.: "Properties of Porous Media AffectingFluid Flow," J. Irrigation and Drainage Division Proc., ASCE (1966) 92, No. IR 2, 61.).

Relative Permeability:Be familiar with the concept of "relative permeability" and the factors that should and should not affect this

function. You should also be familiar with the laboratory techniques for measuring relative permeability.Be familiar with and be able to derive the Purcell-Burdine relative permeability equations.Be familiar with and be able to derive the Brooks-Corey-Burdine equations for relative permeability.

Electrical Properties of Reservoir Rocks:Be familiar with the definition of the formation resistivity factor, F, as well as the effects of reservoir and

fluid properties on this parameter.Be familiar with and be able to use the Archie and Humble equations to estimate porosity given the formation

resistivity factor, F.Be familiar with the definition of the resistivity index, I, as well as the effects of reservoir and fluid properties

on this parameter and also be familiar with the Archie result for water saturation, Sw.Be familiar with the "shaly sand" models given by Waxman and Smits for relating the resistivity index with

saturation and for relating formation factor with porosity.Module 3: Fundamentals of Flow in Porous MediaSteady-State Flow Concepts: Laminar Flow

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Derive the concept of permeability (Darcy's Law) using the analogy of the Poiseuille equation for the flow offluids in capillaries. Be able to derive the "units" of a "Darcy" (1 Darcy = 9.86923x10-9 cm2), and be able toderive Darcy's Law in "field" and "SI" units.

Derive the single-phase, steady-state flow relations for the laminar flow of gases and compressible liquidsusing Darcy's Law— in terms of pressure, pressure-squared, and pseudopressure, as appropriate.

Derive the steady-state "skin factor" relations for radial flow.Steady-State Flow Concepts: Non-Laminar FlowDemonstrate familiarity with the concept of "gas slippage" as defined by Klinkenberg.Derive the single-phase, steady-state flow relations for the non-laminar flow of gases and compressible

liquids using the Forchheimer equation (quadratic in velocity) — in terms of pressure, pressure-squared, andpseudopressure, as appropriate.

Material Balance Concepts:Be able to identify/apply material balance relations for gas and compressible liquid systems.Be familiar with and be able to apply the "Havlena-Odeh" formulations of the oil and gas material balance

equations.Pseudosteady-State Flow Concepts:Demonstrate familiarity with and be able to derive the single-phase, pseudosteady-state flow relations for the

laminar flow of compressible liquids in a radial flow system (given the radial diffusivity equation as a startingpoint).

Sketch the pressure distributions during steady-state and pseudosteady-state flow conditions in a radialsystem.

Development of the Diffusivity Equation for Flow in Porous Media:Derive the following relations for single-phase flow: (general flow geometry)— The pseudopressure/pseudotime forms of the diffusivity equation for cases where fluid density and

viscosity are and are not functions of pressure.— The diffusivity equations for oil and gas cases in terms Bo or Bg.— The diffusivity equation for the flow of a "slightly compressible liquid.— The diffusivity equation for gas flow in terms of pressure and p/z.— The diffusivity equations for single-phase gas flow in terms of the following: pseudopressure, pressure-

squared, and pressure— using the "general" approach in each case (i.e., starting with the p/z formulation).Derive the following relations for multiphase flow: (general flow geometry)— The continuity relations for the oil, gas, and water phases in terms of the fluid densities, also be able to

"convert" the density form of the continuity equation to the formation volume factor form.— The mass accumulation and mass flux relations for the oil, gas, and water phases in terms of the fluid

formation volume factors.— The Martin relations for total compressibility and the associated saturation-pressure relations (Martin Eqs.

10 and 11). Be able to show all details.Module 4: Reservoir Flow SolutionsDimensionless Variables:Develop the dimensionless form of the single-phase radial flow diffusivity equation as well as the appropriate

dimensionless forms of the initial and boundary conditions, including the developments of dimensionlessradius, pressure, and time.

Derive the conversion factors for dimensionless pressure and time, for SI and "field" units.Radial Flow Solutions:Derive the real domain (time) solution for the constant rate inner boundary condition and the infinite-acting

reservoir outer boundary condition using both the Laplace transform and the Boltzmann transform ap-proaches. Also be able to derive the "log-approximation" for this solution.

Derive the general and particular solutions (in the Laplace domain) for a well produced at a constant flow ratein a radial homogeneous reservoir for the following conditions:— Initial Condition: Uniform Pressure Distribution— Inner Boundary Condition: Constant Flowrate at the Well— Outer Boundary Conditions: Prescribed Flux or Constant Pressure at the Boundary

Linear Flow Solutions:Derive the general and particular solutions (in the Laplace domain) for a well produced at a constant flow rate

in a linear homogeneous reservoir for the following conditions:— Initial Condition: Uniform Pressure Distribution

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— Inner Boundary Condition: Constant Flowrate at the Well— Outer Boundary Conditions: Infinite-Acting Reservoir Condition—or a Prescribed Flux or Constant

Pressure at the BoundaryVertically Fractured Wells:Demonstrate familiarity with the concept of a well with a uniform flux or infinite conductivity vertical

fracture in a homogeneous reservoir. Note that the uniform flux condition implies that the rate of fluidentering the fracture is constant at any point along the fracture. On the other hand, for the infiniteconductivity case, we assume that there is no pressure drop in the fracture as fluid flows from the fracture tipto the well.

Derive the real and Laplace domain (line source) solutions for a well with a uniform flux or infiniteconductivity vertical fracture in a homogeneous reservoir.

Dual Porosity/Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: (Warren and Root Approach— Pseudosteady-StateInterporosity Flow)Show familiarity with the "fracture" and "matrix" models developed by Warren and Root.Derive the Laplace and real domain results (by Warren and Root) for pseudosteady-state interporosity flow.

Solution of the Non-Linear Radial Flow Gas Diffusivity EquationDemonstrate familiarity with the convolution form of a non-linear partial differential equation (i.e., a p.d.e.

with a non-linear right-hand-side term).Derive the generalized Laplace domain formulation of the non-linear radial gas diffusivity equation using the

"convolution" approach.Convolution and Wellbore StorageDerive the convolution sums and integrals for the variable-rate and variable pressure drop cases, and be able

to derive the real and Laplace domain identities for relating the constant pressure and constant rate cases(from van Everdingen and Hurst).

Derive the relations which model the phenomena of "wellbore storage," based on physical principles (i.e.,material balance)

Module 4: Reservoir Flow Solutions— Under Construction/ConsiderationMultilayered Reservoir SolutionsDual Permeability Reservoir SolutionsHorizontal Well SolutionsRadial Composite Reservoir SolutionsVarious Models for Flow Impediment (Skin Factor)

Module 5: Applications/Extensions of Reservoir Flow Solutions— Under Construction/ConsiderationOil and Gas Well Flow Solutions for Analysis, Interpretation, and Prediction of Well Performance.Low Permeability/Heterogeneous Reservoir Behavior.Macro-Level Thermodynamics (coupling PVT behavior with Reservoir Flow Solutions).External Drive Mechanisms (Water Influx/Water Drive, Well Interference, etc.).Hydraulic Fracturing/Solutions for Fractured Well Behavior.Analytical/Numerical Solutions of Various Reservoir Flow Problems.Applied Reservoir Engineering Solutions—Material Balance, Flow Solutions, etc.

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Course Outline

TopicModule 1: Advanced Mathematics Relevant to Problems in EngineeringReview of Fundamentals and Introduction to CalculusApproximation of Functions— Taylor Series Expansions and Chebyshev Economizations— Numerical Differentiation and Integration of Analytic Functions and Applications— Least Squares

First-Order Ordinary Differential EquationsSecond-Order Ordinary Differential EquationsThe Laplace Transform— Fundamentals of the Laplace Transform— Properties of the Laplace Transform— Applications of the Laplace Transform to Solve Linear Ordinary Differential Eqs.— Numerical Laplace Transform and Inversion

Introduction to Special FunctionsModule 2: Petrophysical PropertiesPorosity and Permeability ConceptsCorrelation of Petrophysical DataConcept of Permeability— Darcy's LawCapillary PressureRelative PermeabilityElectrical Properties of Reservoir Rocks

Module 3: Fundamentals of Flow in Porous MediaSteady-State Flow Concepts: Laminar FlowSteady-State Flow Concepts: Non-Laminar FlowMaterial Balance ConceptsPseudosteady-State Flow in a Circular ReservoirDevelopment of the Diffusivity Equation for Liquid FlowDevelopment of the Diffusivity Equations for Gas FlowDevelopment of the Diffusivity Equation for Multiphase Flow

Module 4: Reservoir Flow Solutions (*Under Construction/Consideration)Dimensionless Variables and the Dimensionless Radial Flow Diffusivity EquationSolutions of the Radial Flow Diffusivity Equation— Infinite-Acting Reservoir CaseLaplace Transform (Radial Flow) Solutions— Bounded Circular Reservoir CasesReal Domain (Radial Flow) Solutions— Bounded Circular Reservoir CasesLinear Flow Solutions: Infinite and Finite-Acting Reservoir CasesSolutions for a Fractured Well— High Fracture Conductivity CasesDual Porosity Reservoirs— Pseudosteady-State Interporosity Flow BehaviorDirect Solution of the Gas Diffusivity Equation Using Laplace Transform MethodsConvolution and Concepts and Applications in Wellbore Storage DistortionMultilayered Reservoir Solutions and/or Dual Permeability Reservoir Solutions*Horizontal Well Solutions*Radial Composite Reservoir Solutions and/or Models for Flow Impediment (Skin Factor)*

Module 5: Applications/Extensions of Reservoir Flow Solutions (*Under Construction/Consideration)Oil and Gas Well Flow Solutions for Analysis, Interpretation, and Prediction of Well Performance*Low Permeability/Heterogeneous Reservoir Behavior*Macro-Level Thermodynamics (coupling PVT behavior with Reservoir Flow Solutions)*Hydraulic Fracturing/Solutions for Fractured Well Behavior*Applied Reservoir Engineering Solutions—Material Balance, Flow Solutions, etc.*

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Homework Topics and Format Guidelines

Homework Topics: (These are intended topics, addition and/or deletion of certain problems may occur as otherproblems become available. Multiple assignments from each topic are likely.)

Review of algebra and fundamental mathematics.Analytical and numerical problems in calculus.Laplace transform methods— analytical and computational considerations.Solution of ordinary differential equations.Special functions— analytical and computational considerations.Development of steady-state flow equations from physical principles.Development of pseudosteady-state flow equations from the diffusivity equation.Development of "diffusion" equations from physical principles.Solution of diffusion-type partial differential equations.Development and application of various well/reservoir/production solutions.

Computing Topics: Students will be asked to make numerical computations for certain problems — in such casesthe student will generally be allowed to select the computational product for their work.

Homework Format Guidelines:I. General Instructions: You must use engineering analysis paper or lined notebook paper, and this paper must

measure 8.5 inches in width by 11 inches in height1. You must only write on the front of the page!2. Number all pages in the upper right-hand corner and staple all pages together in upper left-hand corner. You must also

put your name (or initials) in the upper right corner of each page next to the page number (e.g. John David Doe (JDD)page 4/6).

3. Place the following identification on a cover page: (Do not fold)Name: (printed)Course: Petroleum Engineering 620Date: Day-Month-YearAssignment: (Specific)

II. Outline of Homework Format1. Given: (Base Data)2. Required: (Problem Objectives)3. Solution: (Methodology)

A. Sketches and DiagramsB. Assumption, Working Hypotheses, ReferencesC. Formulas and Definitions of Symbols (Including Units)D. Calculations (Including Units)

4. Results5. Conclusions: Provide a short summary that discusses the problem results.

III. Guidelines for Paper ReviewsFor each paper you are to address the following questions: (Type or write neatly)Problem:— What is/are the problem(s) solved?— What are the underlying physical principles used in the solution(s)?

Assumptions and Limitations:— What are the assumptions and limitations of the solutions/results?— How serious are these assumptions and limitations?

Practical Applications:— What are the practical applications of the solutions/results?— If there are no obvious "practical" applications, then how could the solutions/results be used in practice?

Discussion:— Discuss the author(s)'s view of the solutions/results.— Discuss your own view of the solutions/results.

Recommendations/Extensions:— How could the solutions/results be extended or improved?— Are there applications other than those given by the author(s) where the solution(s) or the concepts used in

the solution(s) could be applied?

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General Advice for Study and Class Preparation

Faculty-Student Contract:The most important element of your education is your participation. No matter how hard we as faculty try (or don'ttry) to prepare you to learn, we cannot force you to work. We can only provide examples of how you shouldperform and we can only evaluate your performance — not your intentions or your personality, nor can we makeallowances for your personal problems or your lack of preparation.

We can of course provide some pretty unpleasant alternatives as incentives (e.g., poor grades), but poor grades are aproduct of only two issues, a lack of subject mastery, or apathy. We as faculty can do much to prepare you for arewarding career, not only as engineers, but also as productive members of society in whatever capacity you wish toserve. But—we cannot make you care, we cannot make you prepare, and we cannot make you perform— only youcan do this.

We have chosen our path in life to help you find yours, we want you to succeed (perhaps sometimes more than youdo) and we will do our best to make your education fulfilling and rewarding. As we embark on what will likely be atedious and challenging experience, we reaffirm our commitment to seeing that you get the most out of youreducation. When it seems as though we are overbearing taskmasters (and we may well be), remember that we aretrying to prepare you for challenges where there is no safety net— and where there may be no second chance.

Our goal is to be your guide — we will treat you with the respect and consideration that you deserve, but you musthave the faith to follow, the dedication to prepare, and the determination to succeed — it will be your turn to leadsoon enough.

General Procedures for Studying: (Adapted from Arizona State U., 1992)1. Before each lecture you should read the text carefully, don't just scan topics, but try to resolve sections of

the reading into a simple summary of two or three sentences, emphasizing concepts as well as methods.2. During the lecture take careful notes of what your instructor says and writes, LISTEN to what is being

said as well as how it is emphasized. Don't try to be neat, but do try to get every detail you can— thinkof the lecture as an important story that you will have to tell again later.

3. As soon as possible after the lecture (and certainly the same day), reread the text and your "messy"lecture notes, then rewrite your lecture notes in a clear and neat format— redrawing the figures, filling inmissed steps, and reworking examples. You are probably thinking that no one in their right mind woulddo this—but the secret is that successful students always review and prepare well in advance of exams.

4. Prepare a list of questions or issues that you need clarified, ask your instructor at the start of the nextclass (so others can benefit) or if you need one-on-one help, see your instructor as soon as possible, donot assume that it will "come to you later."

5. Work one homework problem at a time, without rushing. You are not learning if you are rushing,copying, or scribbling. Spread the problems out in time and write down any questions you have.

6. ASK QUESTIONS. In class, during office hours, ANY chance you get. If you do not understandsomething you cannot use it to solve problems. It will not come to you by magic. ASK! ASK! ASK!

7. Practice working problems. In addition to assigned problems, work the unassigned ones. Where do youthink faculty take exam questions? You should establish a study group and distribute the load— but youshould work several of each type of problem that you are assigned.

8. Before a test, you should go over the material covered by preparing an outline of the important materialfrom your notes as well as the text. Then rewrite your outline for the material about which you are notvery confident. Review that material, then rewrite the notes for the material about which you are still notconfident. Continue until you think that you understand ALL of the material.

9. "Looking over" isn't learning, reading someone else's solution is insufficient to develop your skills, youmust prepare in earnest — work lots and lots of problems, old homework, old exams, and study guidequestions.

10. Speed on exams is often critical. It is not just a test of what you know, but how well you know it (andhow fast you show it). The point is not just to "understand" but to "get it in your bones."

11. Participate in class. The instructor must have feedback to help you. Force the issue if you must, it isyour education.

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PETE 621 COURSE OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION TO OR/MSHISTORY, USE IN UPSTREAM PETROLEUM

LINEAR OPTIMIZATIONLINEAR PROGRAMMING, FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM, GRAPHICAL METHOD, SIMPLEX METHODS,PARAMETRIC PROGRAMMING, DUALITY, INTEGER, MIXED INTEGER.

CASES--MIXING PROBLEM, UNITIZATION, TRANSPORATION,TRANSSHIPPING (PIPELINE), CURVE FITTING, HISTORY MATCHINGPLATFORM LOCATION/ALLOCATION, CAPITAL BUDGETING

NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATIONKUHN-TUCKER THEOREM, METHOD OF SIMPLEXES, STEEPEST DESCENT,MARQUARDT, CONSTRAINTS, PENALTY FUNCTIONS, BORDER STRATEGIES, NON-LINEAR LP.,ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

CASES--OILFIELD DEVELOPMENT, CURVED VALLEYS, PULSE TESTING, NON-LINEARCURVE FITTING, PLATFORM LOCATION.

SIMULATION (MONTE CARLO)STOCHASTIC AND DETERMINISTIC PROCESSES, PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS,RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION, HYPERCUBE METHODS, MARKOV CHAINS

CASES--INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, OFFSHORE TERMINALS, PIPELINECONSTRUCTION, PETROLEUM RESERVES.

PROJECT MANAGEMENTCRITICAL PATH METHODS, RESOURCES, CONSTRAINTS, OPTIMAL SCHEDULES.

CASES--FIELD DEVELOPMENT, INJECTION SHUTDOWNDECISION THEORYDECISION TREES, UTILITY THEORY, EXPECTED VALUE

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PETE 622Exploration and Production Evaluation

Instructor: Richard StartzmanProfessor and L.F. Peterson Endowed Professor3116 TAMU - 710 Richardson BuildingCollege Station, TX 77843-3116Phone: (979) 845-2239e-mail: [email protected]

Outline:i. Class organization, expectations, rules

Notes: R A Startzman (see website \\Pe-file\shares\Classes\pete622)ii. Introduction to the Petroleum Industry

1. Petroleum Reserves and ForecastingProduction trends, international reserves definitions.

2. Petroleum Legal RightsMineral ownership, international fiscal systems (concessionary, service contract, production sharing),bidding theory and practice, evaluation empirical rules.

3. Profit ModelsCash flow, financial and tax models, DD&A, lump and multiple sums, economic efficiency measures,hurdle rates, incremental analysis

4. Economic EnhancementDesign of projects, leverage, delay/accelerate, project optimization

5. Risk Analysis6. Decision Theory and Practice7. Project Management8. Offshore Bidding Exercise—Sitting Bull

Examinations:Two major exams; one before Spring Break and the other before the end of the semester.Pop quizzes at any time.A final may be given depending on class performance.

Grading:1. Class projects and participation: 10%Some work will be assigned to teams. Everyone on a team is expected to contribute. Those who don’t contribute will be assigned to a “team of one.”

2. Major Exams (including final):90%(If a final is given it will be weighted 20% and the two major exams will each be weighted 35%. If no final isgiven then each major exam will be weighted 45%.) The dates of these exams will be determined after classdiscussions during the semester.They will all be “open book.”

A note on class participationA constructive and active class participation is expected of all students. This means arriving in class before startingtime, asking appropriate questions and studying assigned material ahead of class. I also expect members of the classto recite effectively at any time.

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PETE 623Waterflooding

Syllabus

Instructor: Dr. Daulat D. MamoraAssociate ProfessorHarold Vance Dept. of Petroleum EngineeringTexas A&M Universitye-mail: [email protected]. 845 2962Office: R709; Ramey Lab (R508)

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PETE 624: Rock Mechanics of ReservoirsSYLLABUS

SPRING SEMESTER 200320 January 2004 [040120]

Catalogue DescriptionPETE 624. Rock Mechanics Aspects of Petroleum Reservoir Response. (3-0). Credit 3. Reservoir rocks and theirphysical behavior; porous media and fracture flow models; influence of rock deformability, stress, fluid pressure andtemperature. Prerequisite: Approval of graduate advisor.

Textbook: Smith, I.M. and D.V. Griffiths, 3rd ed., 1998, Programming the Finite Element Method, John Wiley &Sons, New York, 534 pp. ISBN 0-471-96542-1 0-471-96542-X (pbk.)

Instructor: James E. Russell, Professor, [email protected] ChairHarold Vance Department of Petroleum EngineeringProfessor of Geophysics709 Richardson BuildingTexas A&M University3116 TAMUCollege Station, TX 77843-3116979-845-2241 Central Office 979-845-6184 Direct

Course Objectives: To focus on fundamental principles and calculation methods of mechanics as they apply to the deformation,

fracture, and flow of and in porous reservoir rocks saturated with fluids in the subsurface environment. To review applications of rock mechanics using the Finite Element Method to borehole stability, prediction

of fracture and pore pressure gradients, cutting rock, and reservoir mechanics.

Grading: 100>A>90, 90>B>80, 80>C>70, 70>D>60, 60>F Homework 20% Quizzes (2) 50% Final Report and Presentation 30%

Week TopicFundamentals

1 Overview & Subsurface Environment2 to 5 Introduce FEM Calculations for Elastic Rock6 to 8 FEM Calculation for In-Elastic Constitutive Models

9 Numerical Solutions, Quiz 1 Week of March 22Applications

10 Borehole Stability and Sand Production11 Fracture and Pore Pressure Gradients12 Rock Compressibility13 Reservoir Mechanics, Quiz 2 Week of April 1914 Final Presentations of Student Projects, Final Reports

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PETE 625Well Control

Catalog Data: PETE 625. Well Control. (3.0). Credit 3. Theory of pressure control in drilling operations andduring well kicks; abnormal pressure detection and fracture gradient determination; casing settingdepth selection and advanced casing design; theory supplemented on well control simulators.Prerequisite: PETE 661

Texts: 1. Advanced Well Control Manual, by David Watson, Terry Brittenham and Preston Moore. SPETextbook Series

2. Well Control, by Jerome J. Schubert, PE, Texas A&M University, 19953. Class notes can be found at hppt://pumpjack.tamu.edu/~schubert

Course Grade: Homework 20%Project 20%Quiz A 20%Quiz B 20%Quiz C 20%

Instructor: Dr. Jerome J. Schubert, PEOffice: 501 K RichardsonPhone: 979/862-1195e-mail: [email protected] Hours: TR 10:00–11:30 am (or by appointment)

Topics: Lesson 1. Introduction to courseBasic ConceptsRead: Schubert, Chap. 1-2

Watson, Chap. 1-2Lesson 2. Gas Behavior and Fluid Hydrostatics

Read: Schubert, Chap. 1-2Watson, Chap. 1-2

Lesson 3. Pore Pressure PredictionRead: Schubert, Chap. 9

Watson, Chap. 3Lesson 4. Formation Fracture Gradients

Read: Schubert, Chap. 9Watson, Chap. 4

Lesson 5. Kick Detection and Control MethodsRead: Schubert, Chap. 3-6

Watson, Chap. 5Lesson 6. Secondary Well Control Complications

Read: Schubert, Chap. 6, 13Watson, Chap. 6

Lesson 7. Special Well Control ApplicationsRead: Schubert, Chap. 13

Watson, Chap. 7Lesson 8. Well Control Equipment

Read: Watson, Chap. 8Lesson 9. Offshore and Subsea Well Control

Read: Schubert, Chap. 15Watson, Chap. 9

Lesson 10. Blowout ControlRead: Watson, Chap. 10

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Lesson 11. Snubbing and StrippingRead: Schubert, Chap. 13

Adams, Chap. 6Watson, Chap. 11

Lesson 12. Casing Seat SelectionRead: Schubert, Chap. 9

Watson, Chap. 12Lesson 13. SMD Well ControlLesson 14. Well Workover/Well Completion Well Control

Read: Watson, Chap. 7Adams

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Petroleum Engineering 626Offshore Drilling

(3-0). Credit 3

Instructor: Hans C. Juvkam-Wold, P.E.3116 TAMU - 501F Richardson BuildingCollege Station, TX 77843-3116Phone: (979) 845-4093Fax: (979) 862-1272e-mail: [email protected]

Course Description: Offshore drilling from fixed and floating drilling structures; directional drilling includinghorizontal drilling; theory of deviation monitoring and control.

Prerequisites: PETE 411 or 661; or approval of instructor.

Texts: Floating Drilling: Equipment and Its Use, by Riley Sheffield.Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas, 1982.Applied Drilling Engineering, by Adam T. Bourgoyne Jr., Martin E. Chenevert, Keith K.Millheim and F.S. Young Jr.Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX, 1991.Selected Technical Papers.

Basis for Homework 20%Grading: Quiz A 20%

Quiz B 20%Project 20%FINAL 20%

Hours

Topics: Drilling a well from a floating vessel; station keeping 3Wellheads; casing program; blowout preventers 3The drilling riser; riser tensioning; drilling hydraulics 3Motion compensation; formation testing; shallow water flows 4Dual gradient drilling; subsea mudlift drilling 6Directional drilling; wellbore surveying techniques; 4Wellbore trajectory control 4The kick-off, drilling with mud motors and turbines 6The bottomhole assembly 4Horizontal drilling; torque and drag 3Hydrates and potential problems in deepwater drilling 2Quizzes: (3 hours)Total: 45 hours

Computer usage: Required for homework

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Petroleum Engineering 628Horizontal Drilling

(3-0). Credit 3

Instructor: Hans C. Juvkam-Wold, P.E.3116 TAMU - 501F Richardson BuildingCollege Station, TX 77843-3116Phone: (979) 845-4093Fax: (979) 862-1272e-mail: [email protected]

Course Description: Changing a wellbore from vertical to horizontal; long- and short-radius horizontal wells;bottomhole assemblies for achieving and maintaining control of inclination and direction;drilling fluids; torque and drag calculations; buckling of tubulars: transport of drilledsolids.

Prerequisites: PETE 411, 661 or approval of instructor.

Texts: Horizontal Wells - Formation Evaluation, Drilling, and Production, by R.Aguilera, J. S. Artindale, G. M. Cordell, M. C. Ng, G. W. Nicholl and G.A. Runions.Gulf Publishing Co. Houston, 1991.Class NotesSelected Technical Papers.

Basis for Homework 20%Grading: Quiz A 20%

Quiz B 20%Project 20%FINAL 20%

HoursTopics: Introduction; overview 2

Production incentives; applications; case histories 4Horizontal well planning; long- medium- and short-radius wells 3

Build curve design; target planning; tangent build curves 3Drillstring design; torque and drag 6Buckling of drillpipe and coiled tubing 6Pipe bending; bending stresses 3Bottom-hole assemblies for controlling hole inclinationand direction; drilling in sliding and rotating modes 4More BHA's; mud motors; angle of attack; geosteering 5Multilaterals, hydraulics; pressure drops; cuttings transport 4Horizontal well completions; cost estimating 2Quizzes: (3 hours)Total: 45 hours

Computer usage: Required for homework

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PETE 629Advanced Hydraulic Fracturing

Spring 2006 Rm 319 TR 8:00–9:15 am

Peter P. Valkó, Associate ProfessorHarold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M Universityoffice: 501K Richardson Buildingmail: 3116 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3116phone: (USA)-(979)-862 2757web (personal): pumpjack.tamu.edu/~valko/e-mail: [email protected] hours: M 4:00 pm - 5:00 R 11:00 am–12:00

Course Description:The purpose of this course is to present and integrate the necessary fundamentals from flow in porous media,elasticity theory, fracture mechanics and fluid mechanics in order to understand, design, optimize and evaluatehydraulic fracturing treatments. Our goal is to establish a unified design and analysis methodology for proppedfracturing. Starting from the reservoir engineering description of the performance of a fractured well, we provide afirm basis for determining the optimum fracture dimensions based on the effective Proppant Number concept.Technical constraints will be satisfied in such a way that the design will depart from the theoretical optimum only tothe necessary extent. We discuss fluid, proppant and rock properties, data gathering, design models of variouscomplexity, on-site calibration, real-time and post-job data evaluation, in addition to deriving and solving models offracture propagation. In this course we put special emphasis on using the computer not just as a number-crunchingdevice but rather to do all kind of mathematical derivations and to use advanced algorithms. Therefore,approximately one third of the course will be devoted to the use of the Mathematica (MMA) software.

Textbooks: Economides-Oligney-Valkó: Unified Fracture Design, ORSA Press, TX, 2002 Haneberg, W. C.: Computational Geosciences with Mathematica, Springer, New York , 2004

Grading Policy:Exam 1 25 %Exam 2 25 %In-class work, quizzes, homework 20 %Final Examination / Project 30 %

Course Schedule

Week Day Date Lecture Subject

1 T Jan. 17 1 Orientation, Introduction, History Introduction to MMA, H_Ch_1

R Jan. 19 2 Equipment and Materials Special plots, H_Ch_2

2 T Jan. 24 3 Production forecast, Theoreticalcalculations of PI

Symbolics and equation solving,H_Ch_3

R Jan. 26 4 Optimum Fracture Dimensions Statistics, Probabilistic simulations,H_Ch_4-5

3 T Jan. 31 5Stress State in Formations, InducedStresses, Fracture Initiation andOrientation

Interpolation and Regression, H_Ch_6

R Feb. 2 6 Linear Elasticity and Rock Mechanics Visualizing and analyzing surfaces,H_Ch_7

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Week Day Date Lecture Subject

4 T Feb. 7 7 Ideal Crack Shapes Digital image and signal processing,H_Ch_8

R Feb. 9 8 Rheology, Fluid Flow in Fractures MMA: Solving rheology models

5 T Feb. 14 9 Proppant Transport, Bulk Fluid LossConcept

MMA: Derivation of G-function, exactintegration

R Feb. 16 10 Coupling of Elasticity, Flow and MatBalance MMA: Crack shape solutions

6 T Feb. 21 2 D Design MMA: 2D Design

R Feb. 23 11 Modeling Height Containment Excel: 2D Design

7 T Feb. 28 Exam 1

R Mar. 2 12 On-Site Injection Test Analysis MMA: Leakoff analysis

8 T Mar. 7 13 Modeling Fracture Propagation: 3 D MMA: Height

R Mar. 9 14 P3D Design and 3D Design FracPro: Intro

9 T Mar. 14

R Mar. 16

SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK

10 T Mar. 21 15 Post Job Analysis: Treatment PressureAnalysis FracPro: Design

R Mar. 23 16 Post Job Analysis: Well testing, Tracertechniques MMA: Programming 1

11 T Mar. 28 17 Frac & pack, Slopes analysis MMA: Programming 2

R Mar. 30 18 Fracturing horizontal wells MMA: Programming 3

12 T Apr. 4 19

Staging strategies, Perforationstrategies. Near wellbore tortuositydiagnostics, Proppant and high-viscosityslug techniques

MMA: Symbolics 1

R Apr. 6 Exam 2

13 T Apr. 11 20 Boundary element model of finiteconductivity fracture, pss PI MMA: Numerics 1

R Apr. 13 21 Transient performance models MMA: Numerics 2

14 T Apr. 18 22 Current trends MMA: Visualization 1

R Apr. 20

15 T Apr. 25

R Apr. 27

Project Presentations

16 T May. 2 No class (day redefined to be F)

17 M May. 8 1-3: pm Final Exam (if not waived)

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PETE 630: Geostatistics

Instructor:Dr. Akhil Datta-GuptaRm. 501E Richardson BuildingTel. 979-847-9030 e-mail: [email protected] Hours: Tuesday 3-5 PM

Grading PolicyTwo Examinations (usually 24 hour take home)

Midterm (20%) Final (30%)

Assignments Periodic class assignments (10%)

Final Project Due last day of Class (40%)

Additional Reading Journel, A. G., Geostatistics in Five Lessons, Americal Geophysical Union Publication. Isaaks, E. H. and Srivastava, R. M., An Introduction to Applied Geostatistics, Oxford University Press.

Course Outline1. Overview & Objectives2. Basic Review of Probability and Statistics

Distribution functions Moments and Expectations Covariance/correlation

3. Data Correlation/Regression Multivariate Analysis (PCA, Cluster and Discriminant Analysis) Data classification/partitioning Parametric and Non-parametric Regression

4. Spatial Interpolation of Properties Variogram and Variogram Modeling Linear Regression Kriging/Cokriging Kriging/Cokriging Variations

5. Stochastic Simulation Conditional Simulation Sequential Simulation Simulated Annealing Uncertainty Assessment

6. Integration of seismic and Well Data Scales and resolution Sequential Simulation with Block Kriging Bayesian Approaches Geostatistical Inversion

7. Modeling Facies Variations Lithofacies characterization Object-based modeling Indicator methods

8. Advanced Concepts Multipoint Geostatistics

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Markov Random Fields Fractured Reservoir Characterization

9. Flow Simulation in Geological Models Streamline techniques Model ranking Upscaling

10. Dynamic Data Integration History Matching Inverse Modeling Preliminaries

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PETE 631Petroleum Reservoir Description

Instructor: John LeeOffice: Rooms 401-G, 401-H, Richardson BuildingOffice Hours Permanent hours to be announcedText: Papers from the petroleum literatureClass Schedule: Friday 3 - to 6 pm.

Course Broad ObjectiveTo be able to describe a reservoir’s rock and fluid properties in a way sufficient for high-quality reservoir studies,such as reservoir simulation or material balance.

Topics Gas properties Oil properties Water properties Elements of reservoir geosciences Basic reservoir rock properties Relative permeability Capillary pressure

Course ScheduleWeek Date Topic Paper No.

1 Sep/1/00 Petroleum GeologySandstone Reservoirs

12 and 3

2 Sep/8/00 Sandstone ReservoirsCarbonate Reservoirs

4 through 1011

3 Sep/15/00 Reservoir Fluids 12 through 194 Sep/22/00 Equations of State

Basic Rock Properties20 through 24

255 Sep/29/00 Fundamentals of Log Analysis 26 through 376 Oct/6/00 Geophysics 38 through 457 Oct /13/00 Petrophysics, Capillary Pressure 46 through 508 Oct /20/00 Selecting Rock & Fluid Properties

DataSeismic, Reservoir Management

5152 and 53

9 Oct /27/00 Relative Permeability 5410 Nov/3/00 Midterm Exam -11 Nov/10/00 Group Presentations -12 Nov/17/00 Group Presentations -13 Nov/24/00 Thanksgiving Holiday - No class -14 Dec/1/00 Group Presentations -15 Dec/8/00 Group Presentations -

Guidelines for Paper ReviewsIt should take no more than one page to summarize a typical paper. Some papers may require more; use your ownjudgment. Learn to be concise and to state briefly the essential ideas communicated.

Usual organization of a review Authors, title. Use the SPE standard reference style. (You can find it in the SPE Guide to Publications,

which is on the web at http://www.spe.org.) Problem. Briefly, describe the problem the authors are trying to solve. Approach. Describe what the authors did. Did they do a theoretical analysis, laboratory work, numerical

simulation–or something else? Did they verify their results using lab experiments or field data?

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Solution. Describe the solution the authors developed. Did they develop a new correlation, a newprocedure, a new algorithm?

Conclusions. Describe the conclusions the authors reached as a result of the study. Limitations. List the limitations of the work. Is it applicable to only a certain type of reservoir (e.g.,

homogeneous reservoir)? Application. How would you apply the knowledge provided in this paper? Critique. What questions did the authors leave unanswered? What could the authors have done to make the

paper better?

Objectives of reviewing papers in this class To learn how to learn from papers (harder than textbooks, but more important in the long run). To learn how to identify the really important ideas in papers To learn how to summarize ideas concisely. To learn how engineers with vastly different points of view think and how they approach problems and

their solutions.

Example Paper ReviewName: John LeePETE-631Petroleum Reservoir DescriptionSep/01/00

Thakur, G. C.: "Reservoir Management: A Synergistic Approach," SPE Paper No. 20138, presented at the 1990Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, March 8-9, Midland, Texas.

Problem: Improving the overall efficiency of secondary recovery and EOR projects.

Approach: The author presents his arguments for integrated reservoir management teams. These arguments are thensupported by a case history. This is followed by more elaboration on the team management approach.

Solution:In general terms, the author feels that the solution to complex reservoir management problems lies inproactive, inter-disciplinary teams performing systematic evaluation and execution of a purpose-built managementplan. The evaluation and the plan should include all aspects of the problem including, but not limited to,

Geoscience, Engineering (reservoir, drilling, production, facilities), Management Environment, Politics, HSE (not mentioned).

These principles were applied to the North Ward Estes field to accomplish a successful CO2 flood EOR project.

Conclusions: The author concludes that the success of the North Ward Estes project was the result of the integratedteam approach, and the success in this field will lead to better planning and execution of future CO2 flood projects.He further concludes that the integrated team approach is beneficial in building interdepartmental cooperation andcommunication within operating companies.

Limitations: I don’t think that there are any hard limits to implementation of these ideas. However, the degree towhich this approach may be used in practice will vary from field to field depending on technical and/or operationalrequirements, and economic and time constraints.

Application: This problem solving approach will probably be applicable to a great number of fields. The "post-mortem" observations about why reservoir management programs fail are important to keep in mind whileconsidering all future programs.

Critique: Much repetition of earlier published material. I think a bit weak on new material.

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PETE 632Physical & Engineering Properties of Rock

SYLLABUSFALL SEMESTER 2003

Catalogue Description:Physical and engineering properties of rock and rock masses including strength, deformation, fluid flow, thermaland electrical properties as a function of the subsurface temperature, in-situ stress, pore fluid pressure, and chemicalenvironment; relationship of rock properties to logging, siting and design of wells and structures in rock.Prerequisites: Approval of instructor.

Reference book: Principles of Rock Mechanics, Ruud Weijermars; Alboran Science Publishing, 1997.

Professor: James E. Russell RICH 407K, 845-6184, [email protected]

Course Objectives: To introduce fundamental principles of mechanics as they apply to the deformation, fracture, and flow of

porous reservoir rocks saturated with fluids in the subsurface environment. To study the influence of the subsurface environmental parameters (temperature, in-situ stress, and pore

pressure) on the behavior of rock. To discuss methods for measuring environmental parameters and rock properties in situ and in the laboratory. To review applications of rock mechanics to borehole stability, prediction of fracture and pore pressure

gradients, cutting rock, and reservoir mechanics.

Grading: 100>A>90, 90>B>80, 80>C>70, 70>D>60, 60>F Homework 20% Quizzes (2) 50% Final Report and Presentation 30%

Week Topic

Fundamentals1

Overview & Subsurface Environment2 to 5 Continuum Models of Rock6 to 7 Constitutive Models of Rock

8 Measurements9 Analytical Solutions, Quiz 1

Applications10 Fracture and Pore Pressure Gradients11 Borehole Stability and Sand Production12 Cutting Rock13 Borehole Stability Mechanics, Quiz 214 Final Presentations of Student Projects, Final Reports

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PETE 633: RESERVOIR DATA INTEGRATION

Instructor: Dr. Akhil Datta-GuptaRm. 501E Richardson BuildingTel. 979-847-9030 e-mail: [email protected] Hours: Tuesday 3-5 PM

Text: No prescribed textbook. References and class notes will be provided.Suggested Readings:Menke, W., Geophysical Data Analysis: Discrete Inverse Theory, Academic Press Inc.Dubrule, Olivier, Geostatistics in Petroleum Geology, AAPG Continuing Education Note Series#38.

Course Overview:This course is designed to cover techniques to incorporate diverse data types during petroleumreservoir characterization, accounting for the scale and precision associated with the data. Aparticular emphasis will be on the integration of dynamic reservoir behavior into stochasticreservoir characterization through the use of inverse modeling. The dynamic data can be in theform of pressure transient test, tracer test, multiphase production history or interpreted 4-Dseismic information.

Prerequisites: PETE 620/Permission of the instructor

Course grading: Project-1 (40%)Project-2 (40%)Class Assignments (20%)

Course Outline1. Data integration: Goals and Overview2. Review of Probability Theory3. Bayes Theorem as a basis for data integration

(Project-1)4. Data Correlation

Data ClassificationData Partitioning

5. Integration of Static DataMultiscale Markov Random Fields

6. Integration of Dynamic Data: Inverse Methods(Project-2)

7. Discrete Inverse Problem and SolutionBayesian vs. Deterministic ApproachesSensivity Coefficient CalculationsReparameterization TechniquesGradient and Monte Carlo Methods

8. Fast Forward Modeling: Streamline Methods9. Uncertainty Analysis

The role of Prior InformationThe Relative Worth of Data

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PETE 634Petroleum Reservoir Modelling and Data Analysis

Class times to be determined

Description of CourseThis course provides an introduction to methods for the development of reservoir models, and the analysisand integration of data required to apply these methods. It particularly emphasis the integration of geologicalinformation into these models. Each student will give an oral report on a subject not covered in the lecturese.g., experimental design, multipoint statistics, Markov modeling, and analysis of compositional data.

Course Materials Statistics for Petroleum Engineers and Geoscientists by Jensen et al., 2003, Elsevier (main text) Stochastic Modelling and Geostatistics by Yarus and Chambers, AAPG Selected papers covering case studies and modelling methods Class note and handouts

Course Outline

Week # Topic Description Time1 1 Introduction: need for modelling, types of models, review of geological and

petrophysical reservoir properties (architecture, single and two-phase properties)3 hrs

2-3 2 Probability and statistics: review of univariate statistics and their links to geology,including averages, estimation error, and sample numbers

6 hrs

4 3 Monte Carlo methods: oil in place determination, stochastic shales, and porosity andpermeability assignments

3 hrs

5 4 Bayes theorem and geology: including prior knowledge from data (seismic, outcrop),effect on estimates

3 hrs

5 Exam 16-8 5 Bivariate statistics: Methods for evaluation of relationship strength, assessing trends and

cyclicity in data, variograms and geology9 hrs

9-10 6 Kriging: basics and variations of the method, including simple, ordinary, indicator, anduniversal kriging

6 hrs

10 Exam 211-12 7 Facies distributions and petrophysical property assignments using pixel-based modelling:

sequential gaussian and sequential indicator simulation, case study6 hrs

13 8 Sedimentary body modelling using object-based methods, case study 1½13 9 Fracture models: fracture properties, overview of methods to simulate fracture

distributions, neural networks, case study1½

14 10 Student reports 3 hrs

Course gradingExams (2).......................................................................................................................................... (50%)Homework ........................................................................................................................................ (20%)Report ............................................................................................................................................... (30%)Total.................................................................................................................................................. (100%)

Course InstructorDr. Jerry L. JensenTel. (979) 845-2206Office: Rm. 401E Richardson Buildinge-mail: [email protected]

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Petroleum Engineering 648Pressure Transient Testing


Instructor: Prof. Christine Ehlig-EconomidesOffice: 401FOffice Hours: MW 3-5pmPhone: 979 458-0797Email: [email protected]

Textbook:John Lee, John B. Rollins, and John P. Spivey: Pressure Transient Testing, SPE Textbook Series Vol. 9, by, 2004

Recommended Reading: R. Raghavan: Well Test Analysis, Prentice Hall Petroleum Engineering Series, 1993 C.S. Matthews and D.G. Russell: Pressure Buildup and Flow Tests in Wells, SPE Monograph Vol. 1, 1967 R. Earlougher, Jr.: Advances in Well Test Analysis, SPE Monograph Vol. 5, 1977 Energy Resources Conservation Board, Theory and Practice of the Testing of Gas Wells, Alberta, Canada,

1975. SPE Reprint Series, No. 9: Pressure Analysis Methods, 1967. SPE Reprint Series, No. 57: Pressure Transient Testing, V. I and II, 2004 Abramowitz, M, and Steegan, I.A.: Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards

Applied Mathematics Series 55, 1972.

Course Requirements:Homework/Teamwork 50%Midterms 50%Unless otherwise indicated, homework assignments will be issued on Thursdays and due on the following Thursday.Students will present homework solutions according to a random selection. Failure to be prepared to present whenasked will reduce homework grade by 10%. Collaboration on homework is encouraged, and the class will be dividedinto teams.

Midterm exams will be take-home exams due the next class.

Catalog Course Description:Diffusivity equation and solutions for slightly compressible liquids; dimensionless variables; type curves;applications of solutions to buildup, drawdown, multi-rate, interference, pulse and deliverability tests; extensions tomultiphase flow; analysis of hydraulically fractured wells.Prerequisites: PETE 324 and 620; approval of graduate advisor.

Course Objectives:1. Experience how well test models are derived and computed2. Experience how to simulate pressure transient test behavior and how to design well tests*3. Experience how to process, quality check, diagnose, and analyze pressure transient data4. Understand the behavior of well and reservoir response patterns observed in well tests, what well and reservoir

parameters can be quantified, and how to quantify them from pressure transient data**Using commercial software

Course OutlineAug. 30, Sep. 1 Modeling–Diffusivity Equation Derivation; PTT Ch. 1, App. A, BSep. 6, 8 Modeling–Diffusivity Equation Solutions; PTT Ch. 1, App. A, BSep. 13*, 15* Modeling–Solution Implementation, Type Curves; PTT Ch. 4, App. FSep. 20, 22 Superposition; PTT Ch. 1-2, App. ESep. 27, 29 Wellbore Storage and Skin; Index PTT wellbore storage, skin

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Oct. 4, 6 Flow Regimes; PTT App. GOct. 6 Midterm Exam I (Due Oct. 13)Oct. 13, 18, 20 Test Design; PTT Ch. 8-11, App. KOct. 25, 27 Partial Penetration/Limited Entry; PTT Ch. 2Nov. 1, 3 Horizontal Well; PTT Ch. 12Nov. 8, 10 Hydraulically Fractured Well; PTT Ch. 6Nov. 15, 17 Naturally Fractured Reservoir, Reservoir LimitsNov. 22 Midterm Exam II (Due Nov. 29)Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 1 Gas Well Testing, Multiphase TestingDec. 6 Multiwell and Interference Testing*lectures by Dr. Valko

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that providescomprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires thatall students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation oftheir disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department ofStudent Life, Services for Students with Disabilities, in Cain Hall or call 845-1637.

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Intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids or otherdevices or materials in any academic exercise.

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6. ComplicityIntentionally or knowingly helping, or attempting to help, another to commit an act of academic dishonesty.

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Petroleum Engineering 661Drilling Engineering

(3-0). Credit 3

Course Description: Introduction to drilling systems; wellbore hydraulics; casing design; identification andsolution of drilling problems; well cementing drilling of directional and horizontal wells;wellbore surveying; abnormal pore pressure; fracture gradients; well control; offshore drilling;underbalanced drilling.

Prerequisites: Approval of instructor

Instructor: Dr. Jerome J. Schubert, PEOffice: 501 K RichardsonPhone: 979/862-1195e-mail: [email protected] Hours: TR 10:00–11:30 am (or by appointment)

Text: Applied Drilling Engineering, by Adam T. Bourgoyne Jr., Martin E. Chenevert, Keith K.Millheim and F.S. Young Jr., Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX, 1991.Selected Technical Papers.

Suggested Homework 20%Basis for Quiz A 20%Grading: Quiz B 20%

Project 20%Quiz C 20%

HoursTopics: The drilling rig, drilling fluids, rig selection, drilling problems 4

Wellbore hydraulics and design of circulation system 3Casing design procedures; collapse, burst, tension 3Abnormal pressure prediction, fracture gradients 5Kick tolerance and well control 4Primary and secondary cementing, cement plugs 4Directional drilling, wellbore surveying techniques 3Horizontal drilling, coiled tubing drilling 4Offshore drilling, including dual-gradient drilling 6Underbalanced drilling 6Quizzes: (3 hours)Total: 45 hours

Computer usage: Required for homework and project

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Petroleum Engineering 662Production Engineering

Fall 2005

Instructor: Dr. A. D. HillOffice: RICH 709Office Hours: Th 1:30-4:30Phone: 845-2278e-mail: [email protected] 11:10–12:25 pm RICH 302

Course Description:This course is a survey course in petroleum production engineering, beginning with the material in the textbook, andgoing beyond this level with the aid of other material from the literature. I will review basic undergraduateproduction engineering material at a fairly rapid pace. The primary topics that will be covered include reservoirinflow, skin effects and formation damage, well completion performance, multiphase flow in pipes, matrixacidizing, hydraulic fracturing, and artificial lift. A course outline is given below.

Objectives: Learn engineering methods to evaluate and optimize oil and gas well performance.

Text:Petroleum Production Systems, by M. J. Economides, A. D. Hill, and C. Ehlig-Economides + supplementalpapers

Course ScheduleWeek topic chapter(s) covered

1 introduction to production engineering; review of reservoir inflow 1-42-3 skin effects and formation damage 54-6 multiphase flow in pipes 7, 107-9 matrix acidizing 13-1510-12 hydraulic fracturing 16-1813-15 artificial lift 19-20

COURSE POLICIES1. Attendance: Class attendance is important. I will supplement the material in the textbook with additionalpublished and unpublished material, some of which may be presented only during class time. I encourage you toattend class regularly.2. Examinations: Examinations are not optional. Make-up of major examinations will be given only for universityexcused absences.3. GRADING: Homework & Projects 30%

Mid-term Exam 30%Final Exam 40%

The course grade will be based on homework assignments, a mid-term exam, and a final examination. The finalexam will be given at the regularly scheduled time. One or more of the homework assignments will be projects oflarger scope than the usual homework assignments; these projects will comprise half of the homework grade.4. Academic Integrity Statement: “An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.” Collaborationon examinations and assignments is forbidden except when specifically authorized. Students violating this policymay be removed from the class roster and given a F in the course or other penalties as outlined in the Texas A&MUniversity Student Rules. See http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor5. ADA Policy Statement: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute thatprovides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislationrequires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonableaccommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contactthe Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities, in Cain Hall or call 845-1637.

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Petroleum Engineering 663Formation Evaluation and the Analysis of Reservoir Performance


Course Instructor/Supervisor: (Class Meetings: TTh 12:45-2:00 p.m., RICH 302)(Geology) (Formation Evaluation) (Analysis of Reservoir Performance)Dr. Walter B. Ayers Dr. Jerry L. Jensen Dr. Thomas A. BlasingameTel. (979) 458-0721 Tel. (979) 845-2206 Tel. (979) 825-2292Office: Rm. 401 M RICH Office: Rm. 401L RICH Office: Rm. 815 RICHOffice Hours: tba/appointment Office Hours: tba/appointment Office Hours: tba/appointmente-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Text Materials: Geology (Ayers) (AAPG (800-364-2274) or www.aapg.org)— Morton-Thompson and Woods, eds.: Development Geology Manual, 1992, AAPG, Tulsa

Formation Evaluation (Jensen) (.pdf version will be provided)— Openhole Log Analysis and Formation Evaluation, Halliburton (.pdf version will be provided)

Analysis of Reservoir Performance (Blasingame) (SPE (800) 456-6863) or www.spe.org)— Lee, W.J. and Wattenbarger, R.A.: Gas Reservoir Engineering, SPE (1996).

Reference Materials: Will be handed out or placed on an accessible website as needed.1. Reference notes.2. Journal articles.3. Presentation materials.

Basis for Grade: (components given as percentage of total grade average)Geology: Hwk/Quizzes/Projects (13.3333 percent), Exam (20 percent)........33.3333 percentFormation Evaluation: Hwk/Quizzes/Projects (13.3333 percent), Exam (20 percent)........33.3333 percentReservoir Performance: Hwk/Quizzes/Projects (13.3333 percent), Exam (20 percent)...... 33.3333 percent

total = 100.0000 percent


Policies and Procedures:1. Students are expected to attend class every session.2. Always bring your textbook, notes, homework problems, and calculator to class.3. Homework and other assignments will be given at the lecture session. All work shall be done in an

acceptable engineering manner; work done shall be as complete as possible. Assignments are due asstated. Late assignments will receive a grade of zero.

4. Policy on Gradinga. It shall be the general policy for this class that homework and exams shall be graded on the basis of

answers only— partial credit, if given, is given solely at the discretion of the instructor.b. All work requiring calculations shall be properly and completely documented for credit.c. All grading shall be done by the instructor, or under his direction and supervision, and the decision of



b. Work which, while correct, cannot be followed, will be considered incorrect — and will not beconsidered for a grade change.


requires consideration for regrading and the material to be regraded must be attached to this letter. Theletter and attached material must be received within one week from the date returned.

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Course DescriptionThe purpose of this course is to provide the student with a working knowledge of the current methodologiesused in geological description/analysis, formation evaluation (the analysis/interpretation of well log data),and the analysis of well performance data (the design/analysis/interpretation of well test and productiondata). The overall course objective is to provide the student with the ability to assess field performance andto optimize hydrocarbon recovery by analyzing/interpreting/integrating geologic, well log, and wellperformance data.

Course ObjectivesThe student should be able to perform the tasks given below for each course module.Course Module 1: Geology (Ayers)Draw and label a schematic of a petroleum system; name and describe the organic sources of hydrocarbons.Describe the processes of thermal maturation, primary and secondary migration, and hydrocarbon trapping;

name and describe 2 types of self-sourcing reservoirs.Describe the origin and significance of structural features, including folds, fractures, and traps; describe

unconformities; describe the methods and tools used for structural evaluations and modeling.Explain and give examples of in-situ stress effects on absolute permeability and permeability anisotropy.Characterize a clastic or carbonate reservoir by describing the geometry, orientation, and continuity of

sedimentary facies and their relations to flow units and reservoir quality.List examples of diagenetic effects on clastic and carbonate reservoir quality.Describe porosity-permeability relations in clastic and carbonate reservoirs; give examples of scalar effects

on permeability determination.Sketch examples of stratigraphic traps.Describe the methods, tools, and workflow for developing a reservoir model; compare and contrast

deterministic and stochastic reservoir models.Course Module 2: Formation Evaluation (Jensen)Describe and explain the following operational aspects:Logging operation surface and downhole equipment.Logging operation procedures.

Explain and apply the principles of operation and interpretation of the following logs:Density Spontaneous Potential SonicNeutron Gamma Ray Resistivity

Estimate porosity and lithology for the following cases:Monomineral Binary Mixtures

Apply the following to evaluate saturation:Archie’s laws Pickett plot

Course Module 3: Analysis of Reservoir Performance (Blasingame)Derive and apply the analysis and interpretation methodologies for pressure drawdown and pressure buildup

tests — for liquid, gas, and multiphase flow systems (i.e., "conventional" plots and type curve analysis).Specifically, the following cases:

Apply dimensionless solutions ("type curves") and field variable solutions ("specialized plots") for thefollow-ing well test analysis case cases:— Unfractured and fractured wells in infinite and finite-acting, homogeneous and dual porosity reservoirs,

for constant rate and constant pressure cases.— Variable-rate convolution (specialized plots).

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— The pseudopressure and pseudotime concepts for the analysis of well test data for dry gas reservoirsystems.

Analyze production data (rate-time or pressure-rate-time data) to obtain reservoir volume and estimates ofreservoir properties for gas and liquid reservoir systems. The student should also be able to make per-formance forecasts for such systems.

Demonstrate the capability to integrate, analyze, and interpret well test and production data to characterize areservoir in terms of reservoir properties and performance potential (field study project).

Course ScheduleDate Topic Reading

Module 1: Geology (Ayers) All assignments (except handouts) from Morton-Thompson and Woods (M-T&W)

August 31 T (Geol) Introduction; petroleum systems; source rocks; thermal maturation HandoutSeptember 02 R (Geol) Petro. Systems; primary and secondary migration; trapping mechanisms; seals Handout

07 T (Geol) Struc. Assessment; origin and styles of structural features MTW— Pt 609 R (Geol) Struc. Assessment; folds and fractures; unconformities; thief zones; coning MTW— Pts 4, 614 T (Geol) Struc. Assessment; seals and traps; methods of structural evaluation MTW— Pts 4, 6, 716 R (Geol) Res. Characterization; methods of stratigraphic analysis; clastic dep. systems MTW— Pts 5, 621 T (Geol) Res. Characterization; clastic depositional systems MTW— Pts 5, 623 R (Geol) Res. Characterization; carbonate depositional systems; diagenesis MTW— Pts 5, 628 T No Class— 2004 SPE ACTE (Houston, TX)30 R (Geol) Res. Characterization; flow units; stratigraphic traps MTW— Pts 5, 6

Module 2: Formation Evaluation (Jensen)October 05 T (Geol) Res. Characterization; methods of reservoir evaluation and description MTW— Pt 7, Handout

07 R (FrmEvl) Logging procedures and format Halliburton Ch. 1-707 R Geology Examination (7-9 p.m.— RICH 302)12 T (FrmEvl) Basic lithology measurements: SP and GR Halliburton Ch. 9-1014 R (FrmEvl) Nuclear tools and interpretation basics Halliburton Ch. 17-1819 T (FrmEvl) Acoustic tools and interpretation basics Halliburton Ch. 1621 R (FrmEvl) Crossplots I— Lithology-related functions Halliburton Ch. 20,22-2326 T (FrmEvl) Shaly-sand evaluation I— Causes and effects Halliburton Ch. 2728 R (FrmEvl) Shaly-sand evaluation II— Interpretation Handout

November 02 T (FrmEvl) Resistivity methods I— Principles Halliburton Ch. 11-14-04 R (FrmEvl) Resistivity methods II— Advanced measurements Halliburton Ch. 1509 T (FrmEvl) Crossplots II— Saturation-related functions Halliburton Ch. 21,24,2511 R (ResPrf) Orientation— Analysis of Reservoir Performance Lee Ch. 1; Lee-Wat. Ch. 111 R Formation Evaluation Examination (7-9 p.m.— RICH 302

Module 3: Analysis of Reservoir Performance (Blasingame)16 T (ResPrf) Analysis/Interpretation of Well Test Data— "Conventional" Analyses Lee Ch. 2-3; Lee-Wat. Ch. 618 R (ResPrf) Analysis/Interpretation of Well Test Data— "Type Curve" Analyses Lee Ch. 4; Lee-Wat. Ch. 623 T (ResPrf) Analysis/Interpretation of Well Test Data— Design/Integration/Analysis Lee Ch. 4; Lee-Wat. Ch. 625 R No Class— Thanksgiving Holiday30 T (ResPrf) Analysis/Interpretation of Production Data— Introduction Lee Ch. 5; Lee-Wat. Ch. 7,9

December 02 R (ResPrf) Analysis/Interpretation of Production Data— "Decline" Analyses Lee Ch. 5; Lee-Wat. Ch. 7,907 T (ResPrf) Analysis/Interpretation of Production Data— Integration/Forecasting Lee Ch. 5; Lee-Wat. Ch. 7,9

December 15 W Analysis of Reservoir Performance Examination (8-10 a.m.— RICH 302)There is no comprehensive final examination for this course— the timeslot for the final examination will be used as theexamination slot for the Analysis of Reservoir Performance (Module 3).

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Statement:The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensivecivil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all studentswith disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of theirdisabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department ofStudent Life, Services for Students with Disabilities in Room B118 of Cain Hall, or call 845-1637..

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results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.

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4. MULTIPLE SUBMISSION: Submitting substantial portions of the same work (including oral reports) for creditmore than once without authorization from the instructor of the class for which the student submits the work.

5. PLAGIARISM: The appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without givingappropriate credit.

6. COMPLICITY: Intentionally or knowingly helping, or attempting to help, another to commit an act ofacademic dishonesty.

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Petroleum Engineering 664Exploration and Production Evaluation

(Reserves and Evaluation)Syllabus and Administrative Procedures

Fall 2005

Instructor: John LeePhone 979-845-2208Email [email protected]: Rooms 407-C, 407-D Richardson BuildingOffice Hours: Generally open; prefer MTW

Text: Cronquist, C., Estimation and Classification of Reserves of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Condensate, SPE(2001) (available from SPE for a member price of about $62.85)

Mian, M. A., Project Economics and Decision Analysis, Volume I: Deterministic Models, PennWell (2002)(available from SPE for a member price of about $67.50)

Class Schedule: MWF, 3-6 PM, 302 RichardsonBasis for grade:

Midterm exam ……………………………………… 30%Final examination …………………………………………… 50%Homework and class discussion………………………………….. 20%

Notes:1. Homework is due at the start of class. Late homework will receive the grade zero.2. Examinations will be open book.3. Class discussions will include reading assignments and homework. Please come to class prepared to discuss the

assigned topics for the day.4. Assignments and other course materials will be posted on WebCT. You will need to establish a WebCT account

for this class and monitor the web site regularly.

WebCT AccountBecause course information will be posted on WebCT regularly, I ask that you please monitor at least once a day.To set up your WebCT account for this course, please do the following:

Go to webct.tamu.edu.Find the link to WebCT Vista Logon. Click the link.Use your NetID (Neo ID and password) to logon.Click on the course name.

This should be all you need. If you think you can't get there from here, please contact Lance Richards, Ted Jones,or Darla-Jean Weatherford in the 407 office suite for help.

Academic Integrity Syllabus Statement"An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do."

All syllabi shall contain a section that states the Aggie Honor Code and refers the student to the Honor CouncilRules and Procedures on the webhttp://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor < http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor>

It is further recommended that instructors print the following on assignments and examinations:

"On my honor, as an Aggie, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this academic work."

________________________________Signature of student

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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy StatementThe following ADA Policy Statement (part of the Policy on Individual Disabling Conditions) was submitted to theUCC by the Department of Student Life. The policy statement was forwarded to the Faculty Senate for information.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal antidiscrimination statue that provides comprehensive civilrights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students withdisabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. Ifyou believe that you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life,Services for Students with Disabilities in Room 126 of the Koldus Building, or call 845-1637.

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Appendix D–Graduate Data

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Recent Trends in Graduate Enrollment

Year Master PhD Total

1997-1998 62 41 103

1998-1999 64 37 101

1999-2000 93 38 132

2000-2001 134 30 164

2001-2002 142 33 175

2002-2003 132 33 165

2003-2004 126 32 158

2004-2005 123 43 166

2005-2006 141 50 191

Recent Trends in Graduate Degrees

Year Master PhD Total

1997-1998 27 11 38

1998-1999 18 7 25

1999-2000 20 13 33

2000-2001 38 4 42

2001-2002 65 5 70

2002-2003 41 5 46

2003-2004 67 12 79

2004-2005 45 8 53

Total 321 65 386

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List of PhD Dissertation Titles of Graduates (2000-2005)

NAME ADVISORGRADUATION

DATE DISSERTATION TITLE

DIYASHEV, ILDAR RASIMOVICH HOLDITCH Dec-05 PROBLEMS OF FLUID FLOW IN A DEFORMABLE RESERVOIR

KULCHANYAVIVAT, SAWIN MCCAIN Dec-05 THE EFFECTIVE APPROACH FOR PREDICTING VISCOSITY OF SATURATED

CHENG, HAO DATTA-GUPTA Aug-05FAST HISTORY MATCHING OF FINITE-DIFFERENCE MODEL, COMPRESSIBLE AND THREE-PHASE FLOW USING STREAMLINE DERIVED SENSITIVITIES

AL HARBI, MISHAL H. DATTA-GUPTA May-05STREAMLINE-BASED PRODUCTION DATA INTEGRATION IN NATURALLY FRACTUREDRESERVOIRS

AL-MESHARI, ALI ABDALLAH MCCAIN Dec-04NEW STRATEGIC METHOD TO TUNE EQUATION-OF-STATE TO MATCH EXPERIMENTAL DATAFOR COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATION

IBRAHIM, MAZHER HASSAN WATTENBARGER Dec-04 HISTORY MATCHING PRESSURE RESPONSE FUNCTIONS FROM PRODUCTION DATA

JOURINE, SERGUEI VALKO Dec-04 ROCK MECHANICS ASPECTS OF BLOWOUT SELF-CONTAINMENT

LOLON, ELYEZER PABIBAK MCVAY Dec-04EVALUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITY, FRACTUREFLUID PRODUCTION, AND EFFECTIVE FRACTURE LENGTH

MOHAMED IBRAHIM DAOUD,AHMED DATTA-GUPTA Dec-04

AUTOMATIC HISTORY MATCHING IN BAYESIAN FRAMEWORK FOR FIELD SCALEAPPLICATIONS

BUI, THANG DINH JENSEN Aug-04NEURAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF SPARSE DATASETS - AN APPLICATION TO THE FRACTURESYSTEM IN FOLDS OF THE LISBURNE FORMATION, NORTHEASTERN ALASKA

OSKARSEN, RAY TOMMYJUVKAM-WOLD/SCHUBERT Aug-04 DEVELOPMENT OF A DYNAMIC-KILL SIMULATOR FOR ULTRADEEP WATER

RAMIREZ GARNICA, MARCOANTONIO

MAMORA/RUSSELL May-04

EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDIES OF HYDROCARBON YIELDS UNDER DRY-,STEAM-, AND STEAM WITH PROPANE-DISTILLATION

RODRIGUEZ, JOSE RAMON MAMORA May-04EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDY TO MODEL TEMPERATURE PROFILES ANDSTOICHIOMETRY IN OXYGEN-ENRICHED IN-SITU COMBUSTION

SEO, JEONG GYUMAMORA/SCHECHTER May-04

EXPERIMENTAL AND SIMULATION STUDIES OF SEQUESTRATION OF SUPERCRITICALCARBON DIOXIDE IN DEPLETED GAS RESERVOIRS

WILL, ROBERT A ARCHER May-04

THE INTERGRATION OF SEISMIC ANISOTROPY AND RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE DATA FORCHARACTERIZATION OF NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS USING DISCRETE FEATURENETWORK MODELS

ZAMBRANO MENDOZA, ORLANDOVALKO/RUSSELL May-04 ERROR-IN-VARIABLES FOR FAILURE CRITERIA APPLIED TO THE NEAR-WELLBORE REGION

EL-AHMADY, MOHAMED HAMEDWATTENBARGER/SCHECHTER Dec-03 COARSE SCALE SIMULATION OF TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS

MARTIN CEREIJO, ANA MERCEDES SCOTT Dec-03 MULTIPHASE TWIN-SCREW PUMP MODELING FOR THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

RIVERA VEGA, NESTOR ALIRIO JENSEN Dec-03 RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION USING WAVELET TRANSFORMS

VEGA VELASQUEZ, LEONARDO DATTA-GUPTA Dec-03AN EFFICIENT BAYESIAN FORMULATION FOR PRODUCTION DATA INTEGRATION INTORESERVOIR MODELS

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NAME ADVISORGRADUATION

DATE DISSERTATION TITLE

ZHANG, GUOHONG MCVAY Dec-03 ESTIMATING UNCERTAINTIES IN INTEGRATED RESERVOIR STUDIES

CHENG, YUEMING LEE Aug-03 PRESSURE TRANSIENT TESTING AND PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS FOR HORIZONTAL WELLS

HE, ZHONG DATTA-GUPTA Aug-03INTEGRATION OF DYNAMIC DATA INTO RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION USING STREAMLINEAPPROACHES

KHARGHORIA, ARUN DATTA-GUPTA Aug-03FIELD SCALE HISTORY MATCHING AND ASSISTING HISTORY MATCHING USINGSTREAMLINE SIMULATION

YI, XIANJIE VALKO Aug-03 NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL MODELING OF SANDING ONSET PREDICTION

LUO, SHANQIANG BARRUFET May-03DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A 3D, FULLY COMPOSITIONAL, THERMAL RESERVOIRSIMULATOR

TRIKORANTO, HERUTAMA HOLDITCH Aug-02THE USE OF NEURAL NETWORKS, SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES, AND THE HYDRAULIC FLOW UNITCONCEPT FOR ESTIMATING PERMEABILITY: A CASE STUDY

DOUBLET, LOUIS BLASINGAME Dec-01AN INTEGRATED GEOLOGIC AND ENGINEERING RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION OF THENORTH ROBERTSON (CLEAR FORK) UNIT, GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS

LIU, LIANGJIAN SCOTT Dec-01 DETECTION AND LOCATION OF PARTIAL BLOCKAGES IN SUBSEA FLOWLINES

SUABDI, I NENGAH LEE Dec-01ANALYSIS OF LAYERED GAS RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE USING A SEMI-ANALYTICALSOLUTION FOR RATE AND PRESSURE BEHAVIOR

SUARSANA, I PUTU LEE Dec-01 NATUNA GAS PROCESSING AND RECYCLING

AREVALO VILLAGRAN, JORGE WATTENBARGER Aug-01 ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR IN TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS: CASE HISTORIES

KENAWY, AMR FAROUK LEE Aug-01 A RESERVOIR STUDY OF THE BADRI FIELD, GULF OF SUEZ, EGYPT

MALALLAH, ADEL HUSSAIN DATTA-GUPTA Aug-01DATA INTEGRATION INTO HIGH RESOLUTION RESERVOIR MODELS USING GEOSTATISTICSAND MULTISCALE MARKOV RANDOM FIELDS

WANG, ZHIMING HOLDITCH May-01 SIMULATION STUDIES CONCERNING THE MECHANISMS OF GAS STORAGE IN AN AQUIFER

AL-FATTAH, SAUD MOHAMMED STARTZMAN Aug-00NEW APPROACHES FOR ANALYZING AND PREDICTING GLOBAL NATURAL GASPRODUCTION

MAGGARD, JAMES BRYAN WATTENBARGER Aug-00MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF PLUNGER LIFT FOR WATER REMOVAL FROM TIGHT GASWELLS

KULKARNI, KARI NORDAAS DATTA-GUPTA May-00ESTIMATING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE PERMEABILITY USING DYNAMIC DATA: ASTREAMLINE APPROACH

LEE, SANG HEON DATTA-GUPTA May-00INTEGRATED RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION USING NONPARAMETRIC REGRESSION ANDMULTISCALE MARKOV RANDOM FIELDS

MARHAENDRAJANA, TAUFAN BLASINGAME May-00MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF FLOW BEHAVIOR IN SINGLE AND MULTIWELL BOUNDEDRESERVOIRS

XU, SHAOSONG LEE May-00 SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS OF FLUID FLOW IN GAS CONDENSATE RESERVOIRS

YOON, SEONGSIK DATTA-GUPTA May-00DYNAMIC DATA INTEGRATION INTO HIGH RESOLUTION RESERVOIR MODELS USINGSTREAMLINE-BASED INVERSION

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List of PhD Graduates Holding Faculty Positions in U.S. and Abroad

First Name Last Name Advisor Name Year University/Institute CountryMansour Al-Malik Wu 1988 King Saud University Saudi ArabiaMohammed Al-Saddique Blasingame 1994 King Saud University Saudi ArabiaMahmood Amani Juvkam-Wold 1997 Texas A&M-QatarTom Blasingame Lee 1989 Texas A&MHer-Yuan Chen Poston 1990 New Mexico Institute of MiningJonggeun Choe Juvkam-Wold 1995 Seoul National University South KoreaJames "Chris" Cox Russell 1997 Texas Tech UniversityDonald Flock Kennedy 1957 University of Alberta CanadaSteve Holditch Morse 1976 Texas A&MJon Kleppe Morse 1974 Norwegian Univ of Science & Tech NorwayJ. Bryan Maggard Wattenbarger 2000 Texas A&MAdel Malallah Datta-Gupta 2002 Kuwait University KuwaitTaufan Marhaendrajana Blasingame 2000 Institut Teknologi Bandung Indonesia

Ruben Mazariegos Russell 1993 Univ of Texas-Pan AmericanPanAmerican

Duane McVay Lee 1994 Texas A&MOlusegun Omole Osoba 1983 University of Ibadan NigeriaAsep Permadi Lee 1997 Institut Teknologi Bandung IndonesiaLarry Piper Morse 1984 Texas A&MJose Rodriguez Mamora 2004 Universidad de Oriente VenezuelaJerome Schubert Juvkam-Wold 1999 Texas A&MSvein Skjaeland Morse 1975 Stavanger U. College NorwayRichard Startzman Osoba 1969 Texas A&MMichael Wiggins Jennings 1991 University of OklahomaOrlando Zambrano-Mendoza Russell/Valko 2004 University of Zulia Venezuela

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